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Ron Johnson: “The Independent Payment Advisory Board [is] hampering…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Sen. Johnson at Commerce Subcommittee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 05:07

… advancement and innovation, and that's the medical device tax, which I think is a tax that literally is shipping jobs overseas, certainly restraining investment in medical device manufacturers, but also The Independent Payment Advisory Board [is] hampering innovation. those two aspects of Obamacare. Can you comment and give us your assessment of how those two measures are hampering innovation? Well, we've already seen 40 to 50,000 jobs leave this country on medical devices. (05:07–05:18)

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