Botax

BASH: That quickly got the nickname Botax bill up here, and it stuck.

CNN Transcript Nov 21, 2009 2009

New Jersey's legislature has voted to phase out the so-called "Botax" - a 6 percent tax on cosmetic surgery and elective procedures like Botox - and the bill is currently on Gov.

News 2012

New Jersey's legislature has voted to phase out the so-called "Botax" - a 6 percent tax on cosmetic surgery and elective procedures like Botox - and the bill is currently on Gov.

News 2012

Congress sought to capitalize on that interest with a 5% tax -- aptly nicknamed the "Botax" -- but cut it from health reform bills late last year after intense lobbying pressure from doctors and drug makers.

SmartMoney.com 2010

Thanks to what wags are calling the Botax, the tummy-tuck tariff and the implant imposition, Houstonians who love plastic surgery may find themselves asked to cough up a little more to help pay for health care reform.

POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: December 14, 2009 2009

One idea, a tax on cosmetic surgery dubbed the Botax, was scotched by lobbying by the American Medical Association.

Federal Tan Tax Burns Some Badly but Keeps Everybody in the Dark 2010

Something called a Botax might help pay for health care reform.

CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2009 2009

The Society of Plastic Surgeons says the so-called Botax is a tax on the middle class.

CNN Transcript Nov 24, 2009 2009

Previously, the bill contained a so-called Botax on plastic surgery, but the nip-and-tuck crowd was able to get that provision snipped and the tanning levy, which goes into effect July 1, went in instead.

AroundTheCapitol.com 2010

Previously, the bill contained a so-called Botax on plastic surgery, but the nip-and-tuck crowd was able to get that provision snipped and the tanning levy, which goes into effect July 1, went in instead.

AroundTheCapitol.com 2010