You’re just a couple of years late on this one, boys:
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and 16 other Senate Democrats want the medical device tax – included in the 2010 healthcare reform law that they supported – postponed.
The 2.3 percent excise tax that devicemakers must pay on their gross sales goes into effect on Jan. 1. It’s one of the new revenues used to offset the cost of the healthcare law. The Internal Revenue Service issued Wednesday its final rules on the tax, which will impact profits on items such as high-tech burn treatments, catheters, back braces and in-home HIV tests.
Casey signed a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid this week asking that he support delaying implementation of the tax. Casey supports fully repealing it.
Fun fact: The GOP-led House of Representatives has already voted to kill the tax, but Majority Leader Harry Reid has refused to allow its consideration in the Senate.
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FeralHuman
Dec. 12, 2012 at 9:08amPostponed? Until, after O’s third run for Pres?
Here is something from the O-Val office: Guess who is trying to bring down prosperity?
http://kleinonline.wnd.com/2012/12/05/obamas-next-targets-walmart-best-buy-wage-scheme-devastated-businesses-aided-economic-collapse/
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FEMALL
Dec. 11, 2012 at 9:05pmTrue story: I met an administrator in the NHS from England last summer. Here is what I learned:
They couldn’t get any information on Romney in their media.
They couldn’t get Americans to engage in conversation about the election. They were most eager to know which candidate would “pull us (meaning THEM) out” of this economy.
And, finally, I swear ‘tis true: Quote:”I really don’t know quite how to say this but we have done such a good job with preventative health care that people are outliving the resources.”
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SaturdaysWarrior76
Dec. 11, 2012 at 7:44pmToo Late! Thanks for nothing you idiots. Where were you when the entire country was screaming against Obamacare? grrrrrrrrrrrr!!!
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