Device Industry Amps Up Efforts To Repeal Device Tax In Lame Duck Session

Industry groups flew in more than 50 CEOs to visit Capitol Hill, launched an ad campaign and released an impact report last week as part of a stepped-up effort to get Congress to repeal the impending medical device tax before it goes into effect Jan. 1.

Device industry groups are launching an all-out lobbying and media blitz in an effort to repeal the medical device tax, which is scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1 if Congress doesn’t act during the current lame duck session.

AdvaMed, the Medical Device Manufacturers Association and the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance flew in more than 50 CEOs from...

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