
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — The debate over the 2.3% medical device tax, set to take effect Jan. 1, hit on a nerve that runs much deeper than the medtech industry – who should foot the bill for healthcare reform?
The rationale of the reform bill included pay-fors that taxed some of the industries expected to benefit from reform, included medical device and pharmaceutical companies.
Device makers and lobbying groups have been busy fighting the looming levy, and have even garnered some support from both sides of the aisle, but the question of how to make up for the $30 billion have stymied negotiations thus far.
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