Small Device Companies May Bear Biggest Brunt of Controversial Tax (OrthoSpineNews)
Large companies making medical devices such as artificial knees are pushing for repeal of the controversial medical device tax attached to the health care law, but the tax’s repercussions may be more damaging in the short run to smaller, less vocal firms.
“It has a disproportionate burden on smaller device manufacturers,” said Kyle Pomerleau, an economist at the Tax Foundation, a Washington-based tax policy think tank.
Small manufacturers spend a higher proportion of their budgets on research and development an...
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