The 2.3% Medical Device Tax is responsible for 195,000 lost jobs

AdvaMed claims 195,000 jobs lost to medical device tax (MassDevice)
AdvaMed claims that the medical device tax will wind up costing the U.S. economy 195,000 jobs, citing a survey of 55 of its medical device company members.
The national medical device industry lobby today claimed that the medical device tax enacted as part of Obamacare will wind up costing the U.S. economy 195,000 jobs and hamstring medtech firms' R&D efforts.
AdvaMed updated its annual look at the impact of the 2.3% levy on U.S. sales of prescribed medical devices, which went into effect at the beginning of 2013. The repo...