On September 19th, the House voted 253-163 to approve the “Jobs for America Act,” a package of bills that had already individually passed the lower chamber. The package includes a measure that would roll back the 2.3% excise tax on U.S. sales of medical devices and issue a retroactive refund to companies for payments made on the tax since it went into effect last year. The U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal and refund the medical device tax and promptly went into recess until after the mid-term elections in November.
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