As jobs are lost in Minnesota within the medical device industry, you people be sure to remember who pushed this bill through without reading or understanding the ramifications. FYI, they are the ones on the left; Al, Amy, Nancy, Harry, Barack and a host of other job killing democrats. No pointing to the GOP for this cluster F. Forward? Not a chance with these fools at the helm.

I'm pro-business and generally anti specific tax. But when medical devices are sold to end consumers (the patients) at perhaps 5-10 times the manufacturer's unit cost, and with the end prices so high, where do you expect the taxes to fall? There's a big bulls-eye on the industry when politicians are looking for $$. This is not a tough, low-margin business. How can we believe the claims of the industry when prices aren't even public?

The powerful and lucrative medical device industry feels it is entitled to market products without scientific evidence of its' safety and effectiveness. The FDA commissioned the IOM to study its' 510(k) 'grandfathering' program and then ignored the result of the 7/29/11 critical report. Patient harm from metal on metal hips, surgical mesh and implanted cardiac devices is evidence that regulation is badly needed. Even if you never have an implanted device, you are paying for this through your taxes. Let us support jobs that enhance our country: make the device industry prove its' value first!

The powerful and lucrative medical device industry feels it is entitled to market products without scientific evidence of its' safety and effectiveness. The FDA commissioned the IOM to study its' 510(k) 'grandfathering' program and then ignored the result of the 7/29/11 critical report. Patient harm from metal on metal hips, surgical mesh and implanted cardiac devices is evidence that regulation is badly needed. Even if you never have an implanted device, you are paying for this through your taxes. Let us support jobs that enhance our country: make the device industry prove its' value first!