Tue Oct 1, 2013, 08:36 AM

dkf (37,305 posts)

Durbin: Medical device tax repeal could be ‘on the table’

Durbin: Medical device tax repeal could be ‘on the table’

Washington (CNN) - A repeal of the medical device tax may be a point of compromise between the House and Senate as the two houses of Congress work to end the government shutdown, the number two Democrat in the Senate said Tuesday.

“We can work on something, I believe, on the medical device tax. That was one of the proposals from Republicans, as long as we replace the revenue,” Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said on CNN’s “New Day.”

The medical device tax is a 2.3% excise tax created to in part fund Obamacare and went into effect at the beginning of 2013.

The tax is largely considered unpopular, including among some Democrats whose states harbor medical device employers. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, for example, penned an op-ed for a trade magazine advocating for a repeal last year while she was running for the Senate.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/01/durbin-medical-device-tax-repeal-could-be-on-the-table/

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15 replies	Author	Time	Post
Durbin: Medical device tax repeal could be ‘on the table’ (Original post)	dkf	Oct 2013	OP
The ball-less wonder strikes again	trumad	Oct 2013	#1
Indeed.	City Lights	Oct 2013	#6
How about replacing the revenue with a Robin-Hood-tax?	DetlefK	Oct 2013	#2
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Oct 2013	#3
This message was self-deleted by its author	gopiscrap	Oct 2013	#9
Did you read the blog the poster links to?	cyberswede	Oct 2013	#12
you're right will delete comment	gopiscrap	Oct 2013	#15
Welcome to DU Bryce Marchey	LaydeeBug	Oct 2013	#14
Some medical devices should be exempt	SoCalDem	Oct 2013	#4
He doesn't get it	tularetom	Oct 2013	#5
"they're only attacking it as a way to weaken Obama."	FSogol	Oct 2013	#8
STFU Durbin!	benld74	Oct 2013	#7
BTW: welcome to DU	gopiscrap	Oct 2013	#10
I'm all for 'doing the right thing' even under duress.	randome	Oct 2013	#11
Horse shit	Pretzel_Warrior	Oct 2013	#13

Response to dkf (Original post)

Tue Oct 1, 2013, 08:38 AM

trumad (41,692 posts)

1. The ball-less wonder strikes again

Durbin is part of the problem.

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Tue Oct 1, 2013, 09:01 AM

City Lights (25,171 posts)

6. Indeed.

He has been such a disappointment to me.

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Tue Oct 1, 2013, 08:39 AM

DetlefK (16,373 posts)

2. How about replacing the revenue with a Robin-Hood-tax?

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Tue Oct 1, 2013, 11:39 AM

cyberswede (26,117 posts)

12. Did you read the blog the poster links to?

Oy.

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Tue Oct 1, 2013, 01:05 PM

gopiscrap (22,934 posts)

15. you're right will delete comment

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Tue Oct 1, 2013, 11:45 AM

LaydeeBug (10,291 posts)

14. Welcome to DU Bryce Marchey

I will bookmark that link.

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Tue Oct 1, 2013, 08:52 AM

SoCalDem (103,856 posts)

4. Some medical devices should be exempt

perhaps some should not.. It would depend.. A top-of-the-line Hover-round is very different from a basic wheelchair..

"Devices" such as colostomy supplies/catheters, ...stuff like that should be exempt..

There could be a closer look taken, but I'm sure whatever is done will be the most drastic thing they can do ...and whatever it is will be done to injure the ACA..

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Tue Oct 1, 2013, 08:53 AM

tularetom (23,664 posts)

5. He doesn't get it

They don't care about the medical device tax per se, only insofar as it partially funds the ACA. And really they don't care about Obamacare, they're only attacking it as a way to weaken Obama.

If the President threw in the towel right now and totally gave up the ACA, it would not solve anything. They'd just find another reason to pull all these childish little games.

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Tue Oct 1, 2013, 09:17 AM

FSogol (43,668 posts)

8. "they're only attacking it as a way to weaken Obama."

True dat.

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Tue Oct 1, 2013, 09:13 AM

benld74 (9,709 posts)

7. STFU Durbin!

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Tue Oct 1, 2013, 09:51 AM

gopiscrap (22,934 posts)

10. BTW: welcome to DU

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Tue Oct 1, 2013, 09:55 AM

randome (34,845 posts)

11. I'm all for 'doing the right thing' even under duress.

But I don't want any more capitulation. It will only lead to further disasters down the road. I don't want Democrats to give an inch on this.
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Tue Oct 1, 2013, 11:42 AM

Pretzel_Warrior (8,361 posts)

13. Horse shit

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