Obamacare tax on medical devices in process to be repealed as Dems join with Republicans

By Rob Janicki

Nine Senate Democrats will join with Republicans to repeal the Obamacare tax on medical devices, which should be good news for consumers of medical devices.  The Senate vote is expected to exceed the 60 vote count necessary to pass the Bill out to the House that has already voted on and passed a similar Bill.

Repealing elements of Obamacare one by one may be the only way to reverse the expected economic disaster presented by Obamacare as it stands today.

The (Senate) budget resolution is not binding law, though, so the formal repeal would have to come out of the House and then pass another Senate vote. The House has already passed legislation to repeal the tax. 

“You never want to count your chickens before they roost, but the way things are headed, passage of this amendment repealing the medical device tax seem like it could really happen,” Hatch said in a statement to The Examiner.  “With more and more Democrats and Republicans coming together to get rid of this tax, because of its real impact on jobs, economic growth and medical innovation, we’re building real momentum to end this tax once and for all.”...  Washington Examiner