Tanning tax in the health care bill: Ledger Live goes ultraviolet

Days after President Barack Obama signed the federal health care overhaul, Ledger Live heads out to New Jersey tanning salons to talk to tanning buffs and shop owners about the bill's controversial 10 percent tax on tanning salons.

As Star-Ledger reporter Leslie Kwoh reported last month, the tax is just the latest blow for a troubled industry already facing tighter restrictions due to concerns about the health effects of lying beneath a wall of supercharged light bulbs.