One of the many taxes in Obamacare is a 2.3% excise tax on medical device manufacturers. While 2.3% doesn't sound like much, you have to remember that this 2.3% is taken from the revenue line, not the bottom line, magnifying it's impact as net margins for the medical device industry are in the teens. According to the Advanced Medical Technology Association, the industry had $13.7 billion in net income in 2006, paying $3.1 billion in taxes for an effective tax rate of 22.6%. When this new tax goes into effect, they estimate they will have to pay an additonal $2.67...