Ander Crenshaw: Ending Obamacare Tax on Medical Devices Will Help Florida

On Thursday, the U.S. House voted to repeal the 2.3 percent excise tax on medical devices set up by President Barack Obama’s federal health-care law. The tax was repealed on a 280-140 vote and U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., co-sponsored the repeal. 

After the vote, Crenshaw explained how cutting the tax benefited the Sunshine State. 

“The medical device tax is punitive policy that holds back more the 6,500 medical device companies in Florida and across the nation from investing in research and development, building new facilities, and creating new jobs,” said Crenshaw. “Instead, the damaging tax stifles innovation, holds back economic growth, and passes higher health care costs on to patients and insurance companies. An industry that produces such life-saving devices as pacemakers, defibrillators, and MRI’s needs an open road to grow, a road free of harmful taxes. That’s why I voted to eliminate the medical tax, and it’s time for the Senate to follow suit.”