The Medical Device Tax: Beating Up on the Little Guys
May 01, 20128:43 am
We need a better understanding of exactly why the medical device tax contained in the Affordable Care Act is so harmful to both the U.S. economy and the future of medical innovation. Advocates of the tax say it’s no big deal for multinational, multibillion dollar corporations to pay a few extra bucks toward health reform implementation (even though those companies are being forced to lay off employees, because of the tax, at a time our economy can least afford it).
But it’s also the smaller companies, those that scrap for capital to fund exciting new innovations, that are taking a beating from this tax. The fact that this tax is applied to revenues, not to profits, is particularly devastating for smaller innovators that are still trying to get to the point of being highly profitable.
Take Spectranetics, a Colorado Springs-based medical laser manufacturer, as a prime example.
At a panel discussion hosted by the Colorado BioScience Association, the CEO of Spectranetics pointed out that his company generally earns about $1.5 to $3 million on approximately $135 million in annual revenues. If the device tax was applied this year on Spectranetics’ income, the company would have to pay the government slightly over $3 million, essentially wiping out the resources that could be invested into product development, clinical research or additional hiring.
And, as the company pointed out, it can’t compensate for the tax by raising prices doctors and hospitals pay for the medical lasers because healthcare providers are also being squeezed with comparatively low Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates.
At a time in which our economy needs an infusion of well-paid jobs and our growing healthcare needs require new medical innovation, the Spectranetics case is just one of many examples demonstrating why Congress needs to reconsider the medical device tax.
65 Responses to “The Medical Device Tax: Beating Up on the Little Guys”
May 1st, 2012 at 12:18 pm
This is such an important consideration when undergoing discussion surrounding the medical device excise tax. Ultimately, small med device firms that comprise over 80% of the industry, will be hit hardest as a result of the tax.
Here at the American Action Forum we are working on a piece that focuses on how small med device firms will be effected by the tax in unforeseen ways.
It’s extremely irritating that small device companies aren’t given equal attention as their large counterparts.
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