In 2013, Get Ready For An ObamaCare Tax Onslaught
At Forbes.com, Grace-Marie Turner summarizes the new taxes imposed by Obamacare: (1) Medical Device Tax; (2) A new Surtax on Investment Income; (3) A new Medicare Tax; (4) The new Flexible Spending Account Tax; (5)ObamaCare also tightens the screws on Itemized Medical Deductions. Continue reading
Democrat Evan Bayh exposes ObamaCare’s dangerous medical device tax
The industry that gave us stents, replacement joints and defibrillators will get a dose of bad fiscal medicine. Continue reading
ObamaCare vs. Personalized Healthcare choices
Technology enabling “personalized medicine, where the therapy that’s best for you will be based on your physiology and genetic makeup – and may not be right for any other patient.” But ObamaCare blocks this. Continue reading
The FDA: killing promising adult stem cell research?
But instead of serving as our protector against charlatans who prey on the sick and desperate, the FDA has itself become an agent of coercion, forcibly denying us the freedom to use treatments that could save our lives. Continue reading
The Federal Governments War On Medical Innovation – Forbes
When you need advanced medical care in 2022, don’t let the government’s war on medical innovation restrict your doctor to today’s 2012 technology. Continue reading
Obamacare’s Tax on Medical Devices: Cuts R&D by $2 Billion a Year
Reduced investment in medical device research & development will “yield an annual decline of about 1 million expected life-years for the U.S. population. … The economic cost of that reduction in expected life-years would be at least $100 billion per year.” Continue reading
Obamacare’s Tax on Medical Devices: Cuts R&D by $2 Billion a Year
Reduced investment in medical device research & development will “yield an annual decline of about 1 million expected life-years for the U.S. population. … The economic cost of that reduction in expected life-years would be at least $100 billion per year.” Continue reading
Medical device tax: “less innovation, fewer jobs, & and fewer lives saved,” says ZOLL Medical president
Another reason to fight against ObamaCare. Continue reading
Medical device tax: “less innovation, fewer jobs, & and fewer lives saved,” says ZOLL Medical president
Another reason to fight against ObamaCare. Continue reading
U.S. health care warning signs
Doctors struggling to make ends meet; ObamaCare at 2 years old: bad news;Commercial insurers have trouble staying in business;Drug companies are less ambitious; Super-high health plan premiums. Continue reading
Medical Freedom Zones in the U.S. can promote innovation and quality
This paper illustrates how one jurisdiction could take the lead in defining medical freedom in the United States and create a safe haven for innovation, alternative care, and affordable treatment. Continue reading
How the FDA Impedes Innovation
[I]nnovations get better over time. But if you impede the first generation the second generation may never come into existence and, as Mandel notes, no first-generation device could satisfy the FDA’s conditions. It’s like refusing to give the Wright Brothers a license to fly because their first airplane only flew for 59 seconds.
