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# Device Tax Cost Industry 28,000 Jobs: Report
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/device-tax-cost-industry-28-000-jobs-report/
- Published: 2017-03-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T22:09:52.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Devices, #legacy-id-D5138116

A 2.3% medical device tax in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was suspended for tax years 2016 and 2017, cost the U.S. economy 28,000 jobs, according to a new AdvaMed-backed [report](https://www.americanactionforum.org/research/employment-effects-medical-device-tax/?ref=fdaweb.com) entitled “Employment Effects of the Medical Device Tax.” Absent a repeal of the ACA (Obamacare), the tax resumes in 2018 and up to 25,000 additional jobs could be lost by 2021, the report says. “However, if the tax is permanently repealed, it is expected that the jobs already lost when the tax was in effect will be recovered within three to five years,” it says. “This means that the net impact of permanently repealing the medical device tax could be in excess of 53,000 additional jobs, compared to what would occur if the tax remains in effect.”