Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren spar over medical device excise tax in federal health care law

From MassLive.com

As the United States Supreme Court wraps up three days of arguments over the Constitutionality of the health care mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a medical device excise tax included in the sweeping legislation is being debated in the U.S. Senate race on Massachusetts.

Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown's campaign criticized its chief Democratic rival Elizabeth Warren for her support of the health care law on Wednesday, charging that the 2.3 percent medical device tax included in it would hurt the more than 400 medical technology companies in the Bay State.

If the Supreme Court strikes down the health care mandate in the coming weeks, it could kill the overall legislation, including the medical device tax. But if the legislation stands, Brown says the tax will result in jobs being lost in Massachusetts. 

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