An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back

by Elisabeth Rosenthal

Companies in the device industry spent $32.8 million on lobbying in 2014 to get rid of the tax, with top individual donations going to Senators Franken ($47,249) and Klobuchar ($39,900). It was a success. Congress suspended the tax for two years in December 2015,