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Last night the House continued its efforts to achieve full repeal of ObamaCare, which is making it harder for small businesses to hire new workers, voting overwhelmingly to scrap the law’s job-crushing tax on medical devices.  The Dayton Daily News reports:

 “The bill, which would eliminate a tax on manufacturers such as Ferno-Washington, Inc. in Wilmington and Mound Laser & Photonics Center in Miamisburg, passed the House 270-146. It’s uncertain what will happen to the bill now, however, as it faces opposition from the White House and top Democrats in the Senate.

“The excise tax, scheduled to go into effect in 2013, would even apply to equipment used by emergency responders, including low-tech equipment like stretchers, said U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Centerville, a strong supporter of the repeal.

“’We’ve all heard of a cradle-to-grave government,” Turner said. ‘Well this is a cradle-to-grave tax. From the incubators used for prematurely born children to the rollers which move caskets and every item in between you would use to provide care, would be subject to this tax.’”

Nearly 700 organizations and businesses wrote to Congressman Boehner and House leaders urging them to repeal the medical device tax that is “already having impact on R&D investment and job creation.”  Ohio employers signing the letter include:

The House has now voted 30 times to repeal, defund and dismantle the jobs-destroying ObamaCare law, which remains deeply unpopular.  “We voted to fully repeal the president’s healthcare law as one of our first acts as a new House majority, and our plan remains to repeal the law in its entirety,” Boehner said recently.  “Anything short of that is unacceptable….”

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