Device Firms Stand To Lose Market Opportunities If Health Care Reform Dies
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
With the fate of comprehensive health care reform in serious doubt at the eleventh hour, many in the device industry may be breathing a sigh of relief that the device tax could be avoided or at least lessened. But if the reform bill dies, the industry will also lose out on the potential 30 million additional health care customers slated to gain insurance under its provisions
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