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> Semaglutide is a weight loss treatment that costs $10+k a year. It is ostensibly a luxury for the well-off. Does it fall under the 2% rate for medicine? Triv
by sofixa 3y ago
> Semaglutide is a weight loss treatment that costs $10+k a year. It is ostensibly a luxury for the well-off. Does it fall under the 2% rate for medicine?
Trivially resolved. In France only medicine which can be reimbursed by social security (so only actual things that can be prescribed and work, not optional luxury or homeopathy crap).
> Parmigiano Reggiano DOP aged 48 months is arguably a luxury
In France I doubt there's any differentiation of fancy vs non-fancy versions of foods, let alone cheeses. It'd be insulting to the nation to contemplate such a thing.
> And what of a poor couple that's getting married
I didn't know jewellery was a prerequisite to getting married.
- gruez 3y ago>(so only actual things that can be prescribed and work, not optional luxury or homeopathy crap). I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Semaglutide has been approved (ie. has proven to work) for the treatment of obesity. >In France I doubt there's any differentiation of fancy vs non-fancy versions of foods, let alone cheeses. It'd be insulting to the nation to contemplate such a thing. Do you know this for a fact or just simply guessing? I find it very unlikely that France (or any other free market economy) doesn't practice product segmentation for foods. >I didn't know jewellery was a prerequisite to getting married. But poor and middle class people buy "luxury" stuff as well. When that happens, how is it fair that they're getting taxed the same as Bezos buying a mega-yach?