Another tax increase hidden in ObamaCare
Posted on March 19, 2010I was just reading the text of the proposed changes to the Healthcare reform bill. Hidden in the middle of dozens of pages is this gem:
IN GENERAL.—There is hereby imposed on the sale of any taxable medical device by the manufacturer, producer, or importer a tax equal to 2.9 percent of the price for which so sold.
Well guess what, people – Mr. Obama & company may have backed off on the 10% cosmetic surgery tax, but he’s still sticking it to you with a 2.9% tax on implants and surgical supplies.
That’s in addition to the additional 3.9% tax you’ll be paying for any investment income. So, if you invested and “saved your pennies” like an honest, hard-working American, you might be penalized up to 6.8% for your cosmetic surgery!
This tax also would apply to pacemakers, stents, heart valves, cataract lenses, artificial hip & knee implants, motorized wheelchairs, and implantable defibrillators. As if these things weren’t expensive enough!
It’s the “Son-of-Bo-tax”. Boo!!!