Device firms in Tennessee, Georgia oppose House health plan

A House health reform bill that would impose a lowered $20 billion tax on medical device firms over a decade is drawing criticism from manufacturers and vendors in Tennessee and Georgia because they think the proposal would still result in job cuts and a reduction in research spending. "It's bad news in Georgia and Tennessee, as we're trying to catch up and develop a medical device industry along the lines of some of the other states," said Rick Haury, the Southeastern Medical Device Association's founder.

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