Medical device user fees
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
House Energy & Commerce Committee approves device user fee bill (HR 4864) by a vote of 31 to 13 at an Aug. 9 mark-up of the legislation. At the mark-up, committee Chair John Dingell (D-Mich.) warned that failing to pass the device user fee bill would mean continued attempts by the Office of Management & Budget to "raid" manufacturers through unauthorized user fees for the purpose of deficit reduction