Actually, the medical device manufacturing industry worked with the White House (just like Pharma) and came up with the excise tax and the reconciliation bill even helped them out by delaying the onset of the tax.
http://in.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idINIndia-46781620100310 Hey, look, Democrats working with business groups to come up with mutually agreeable plans that are then refined and put into legislation! Those fuckers. They are *so* anti-business. Judah On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > It gets worse: > > http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/How-Obamacare-hits-industry-and-threatens-jobs-88860652.html > > The bill passed by the House Sunday night contains a particularly > damaging version of the $20 billion hit for the medical device > industry, meaning Zoll and other medical device makers could well be > headed for hard times. > > Read more at the Washington Examiner: > http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/How-Obamacare-hits-industry-and-threatens-jobs-88860652.html#ixzz0j1Teu9FR > > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Check this out: >> >> http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/23/countys-entire-medical-landscape-will-have-deal-ch/ >> >> >> A very big consequence of this legislation is that fees will be >> shifted to take money away from specialists and give it to primary >> care doctors - a big disincentive to become a specialist. More doctors >> are going to drop out of insurance programs altogether and just offer >> private pay, or just leave the profession altogether. >> >> Get ready for a massive shortage of doctors to add to the massive >> shortage of nurses. I also predict a wave of hospital and clinic >> closings as the reforms run them out of profitability. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:313783 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
