Device tax: Indianapolis Governor petitions Obama for repeal

Device tax: Indianapolis Governor petitions Obama for repeal-massdevice: MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Indianapolis Governor Mike Pence (R) issued a formal letter to the White House yesterday, asking President Barack Obama to repeal the 2.3% medical device tax created in the Affordable Care Act. Pence asked for President Obama's support in "working with the Congress to repeal the medical device tax entirely," saying that the levy threatens 20,000 direct jobs and 55,000 total that rely on the medtech industry in Indiana alone.