According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, Senate Democrats inserted a last-minute provision into their health care overhaul that would tax the use of tanning beds. This tax would replace a proposed excise tax on elective cosmetic surgery that previously had been included in the bill.
Read the entire article at: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-health-botax20-2009dec20,0,1616650.story.