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March 24, 2017

A winner in plans to repeal Obamacare: tanning salons

  • The “tan tax” took a heavy toll on the industry: Nearly 10,000 salons closed in the U.S. since the law went into effect.
  • By KELLI KENNEDY
    Associated Press

    As Republicans try to shore up support for their health care overhaul, one group can't wait for the replacement: owners of tanning salons.

    President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act imposed a 10 percent tax on tanning as a way to help fund provisions of the law that expanded coverage for some 20 million Americans. The so-called tan tax took a heavy toll on the industry.


     
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