As Republicans and Democrats have battled over reopening the federal government and raising the federal debt ceiling, one idea that keeps coming up is a repeal of the 2010 health law’s tax on medical devices.
While the idea has drawn support from members of both parties, experts say it’s still a heavy lift for the repeal’s proponents. For starters, repealing the tax would create about a $30 billion revenue hole over the next decade. And supporters of the law fear that making such a change could start a stampede of demands for similar rollbacks from insurers and health care providers, who are also subject to new taxes and fees to help finance the health law.
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