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3. Med-tech companies react to Supreme Court ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the the healthcare reform law shocked the world this morning, but it doesn’t stop the fight to repeal the medical device tax, according to several medical device company leaders.
2. Medical Device Tax: Repeal hopes fade with SCOTUS ruling on ACA
Medical device companies’ hopes of repealing the med-tech tax are slim now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the Affordable Care Act constitutional, according to 1 of the lawyers cited by Justice Ruth Ginsburg.
1. Medical device tax survives Supreme Court ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act, leaving the medical device tax in place, with Chief Justice John Roberts crossing ideological lines to rule the law’s individual mandate a tax.