Why pick on tanning salons?

No matter what they pass (if anything) it will be a disaster.

“When you start picking and choosing among this group and that group it creates resentment and doesn’t look fair.”

This is exactly the problem we all face. Government is no longer concerned with the will of the people, it is focused on bestowing gifts to favorites as though it were a monarch holding court.

why arent Kay Hagan and Brad Miller answering their telephones today? A lot of unemployed, uninnsured Tar Heels are concerned that there is no public option or Medicare expansion and that we are going to be forced to buy poor quality coverage from BC/BS or the commercial carriers.

thats not an excuse Clever, the Metro is running isnt it??. Governments arent supposed to close, EVER.

Its kinda pathetic when one staff person cant make it in to answer the phone and take messages.

Louie, the bills have pretty strict regulations on the types of coverage insurance companies can offer. All of the options will be pretty comprehensive.

Harsh Realities of the Senate Bill from FDL

The Senate health care bill is an ungodly mess of errors, loopholes, and massive giveaways. When the American people find out what’s actually in this bill, they will revolt. Here’s why:

Forces you to pay up to 8% of your income to private insurance corporations — whether you want to or not

If you refuse to buy the insurance, you’ll have to pay penalties of up to 2% of your annual income to the IRS

After being forced to pay thousands in premiums for junk insurance, you can still be on the hook for up to $11,900 a year in out-of-pocket medical expenses

Massive restriction on a woman’s right to choose, designed to trigger a challenge to Roe v. Wade in the Supreme Court

Paid for by taxes on the middle class insurance plan you have right now through your employer, causing them to cut back benefits and increase co-pays

Many of the taxes to pay for the bill start now, but most Americans won’t see any benefits — like an end to discrimination against those with preexisting conditions — until 2014 when the program begins

Allows insurance companies to charge people who are older 300% more than others

Grants monopolies to drug companies that will keep generic versions of expensive biotech drugs from ever coming to market

No reimportation of prescription drugs, which would save consumers $100 billion over 10 years

The cost of medical care will continue to rise, and insurance premiums for a family of four will rise an average of $1000 a year — meaning in 10 years, you family’s insurance premium will be $10,000 more annually than it is right now

Here’s the Fire Dog Lake Petition Link, if you are interested in signing.
http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/killthisbill?sourc…

Have a melanoma removed from your face like I did and you’ll
truly think twice about tanning beds and basic sun bathing
for that matter.
Don’t pay any attention to the comments about a “safe tan”
There is much more to having skin cancer than avoiding sun
burns….tanning beds can be deadly.

There is no smarter way to tan and in fact countries are beginning to ban use of tanning beds, particularly to teenagers.

Tanning causes cancer. If were are really trying to protect health and save money on health care expenses then the least we could do is tax them but I’d rather see them done away with altogether.

In North Carolina, parental permission is already required to tan for teenagers under 18. And the parent must be present at sign up.

Would we even exist without sunlight? People are going to tan — they always have and they always will. Should we just stop living — is that the answer?

pick on somthing a little more scarier than our little tanning salon owners!!