Tanning With Your Lottery Winnings

In case you’re wondering about who the apparent winners and losers will be following the repeal of Obamacare  you should start taking careful notes.   Here’s a start.  

In the winner column you will find the Tanning Bed Industry.  Yessir, it is told that the 10% excise tax imposed by the ACA - as both a revenue source and to discourage indoor tanning - has led to the closure of as many as half of the nation’s tanning salons.  

This critical dearth of artificially-imposed dangerous UV should begin to reverse very soon. Nevertheless, If there isn’t a tanning bed salon opening soon on a corner storefront near you - President Trump says to use orange spray-on tan.   

In the loser column are the lottery winners.  Pages upon pages, upon pages of language in the repeal bill are devoted to ensuring that lottery winners would not be able to avail themselves of Medicaid coverage.  Medicaid is for poor people - not for sudden millionaires. 

You can thank the enthusiastic Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI 6^th District) for his legislative vigilance on this.  Bravo.   

Of course, people of wealth or common sense (or both) don’t play the lottery.  And they’re not generally Medicaid beneficiaries either.  Oh well.  

You can learn more about the winner and loser scorecard here.