January 12, 2015 by Brad Perriello
Republican strategists ratchet up the pressure on Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on her support for repealing the medical device tax, as the GOP looks to dismantle Obamacare.
Republicans are reportedly trying to raise the pressure on Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) to support repealing the medical device tax, a position she’s taken since before winning her seat in the U.S. Senate.
Back in April 2012, as she battled then-Sen. Scott Brown (R) in a hard-fought election, Warren wrote an exclusive op-ed piece for MassDevice.com explaining her support for repealing the tax.
“When Congress taxes the sale of a specific product through an excise tax, as the Affordable Care Act does with medical devices, it too often disproportionately impacts the small companies with the narrowest financial margins and the broadest innovative potential. It also pushes companies of all sizes to cut back on research and development for life-saving products,” Warren wrote. “With an appropriate offset, we can repeal the medical device tax without cutting health care coverage for millions of people or forcing Americans to fight the whole health care battle all over again.”
