Preemption and Medical Devices: Saving Lives
One of the witnesses at the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearings on medical devices and federal preemption (see earliers posts) was a woman whose pacemaker had malfunctioned, causing her...
View ArticleThe Manufacturing Forecast: Coming Back, But the Jobs…
From Kiplinger Forecasts, “Manufacturing’s Share of GDP Will Recover and Hold Steady“: Will U.S. manufacturing ever come back? Output, yes, will regain its previous highs. Jobs won’t. Many of them are...
View ArticleWhy Medical Liability Reform Matters to Manufacturers
The House Judiciary Committee continues to work on H.R. 5, the medical liability reform package, today in an afternoon mark-up session. We wish them well on the effort. Liability reform will help...
View ArticleCircumnetting Today’s Washington Post
Many items of interest and irritation in today’s Washington Post relating to the economy and manufacturing. Why overregulate leading U.S. innovators? “FDA approval process faulted at hearings on...
View ArticleI.R.S. Moves Forward with New Tax on Medical Device Manufacturers
Although one might think that it was near impossible, the U.S. tax code just got worse for manufacturers of medical devices. Manufacturers lament the IRS’s issuance of a new regulation to implement...
View ArticleMedical Device Tax Repeal Has Healthy Bipartisan Support
Today H.R. 523 – the Protect Medical Innovation Act – was introduced in the House by Representatives Erik Paulsen (R-MN) and Ron Kind (D-WI). This bill aims to repeal the prohibitory 2.3 percent excise...
View ArticleThe New Billion Dollar Tax
The medical device industry made history this week when they passed the billion dollar mark in excise taxes paid to the IRS since January 1st, 2013. That comes to about $194 million per month. Needless...
View ArticleMedical Device Tax Repeal Gains Momentum
Earlier today, the House of Representatives voted in favor of H.R. 160, the Protect Medical Innovation Act introduced by Rep. Paulsen (R-MN) to repeal the ill-conceived excise tax on the gross sales of...
View ArticlePreemption and Medical Devices: Saving Lives
One of the witnesses at the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearings on medical devices and federal preemption (see earliers posts) was a woman whose pacemaker had malfunctioned, causing her...
View ArticleThe Manufacturing Forecast: Coming Back, But the Jobs…
From Kiplinger Forecasts, “Manufacturing’s Share of GDP Will Recover and Hold Steady“: Will U.S. manufacturing ever come back? Output, yes, will regain its previous highs. Jobs won’t. Many of them are...
View ArticleMedical Device Tax Repeal Has Healthy Bipartisan Support
Today H.R. 523 – the Protect Medical Innovation Act – was introduced in the House by Representatives Erik Paulsen (R-MN) and Ron Kind (D-WI). This bill aims to repeal the prohibitory 2.3 percent excise...
View ArticleThe New Billion Dollar Tax
The medical device industry made history this week when they passed the billion dollar mark in excise taxes paid to the IRS since January 1st, 2013. That comes to about $194 million per month. Needless...
View ArticleMedical Device Tax Repeal Gains Momentum
Earlier today, the House of Representatives voted in favor of H.R. 160, the Protect Medical Innovation Act introduced by Rep. Paulsen (R-MN) to repeal the ill-conceived excise tax on the gross sales of...
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