The Medical Device Excise Tax & Obamacare
You’ve probably never heard of H.R. 436, the Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2011. The bill was proposed by Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN) just a few months after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (more commonly called “the health care reform bill” or alternatively, “Obamacare”) was slated to take effect. It has languished in…