Medical Device Tax Could Cost Thousands of Jobs

摘要

Even before the Affordable Care Act (ACA),aka ObamaCare, went into effect, one of the most controversial provisions was the medical device excise tax, which levied a 2.3% sales tax on every medical device sold. Given the labyrinthine nature of the ObamaCare rules, medical device manufacturers have found it difficult to simply pass on these additional costs to the consumer since hospitals by and large are sheltered from the tax by the group purchasing organizations that actually procure the devices. Patients are shielded from incurring these additional costs by the very nature of the ACA legislation.