Puerto Rico's medical manufacturers worry federal tax plan could kill recovery
27-Nov-17, NPR
The power has been out at C-Axis, a medical device manufacturer in Puerto Rico for nearly three months, since Hurricane Irma.
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Across Puerto Rico, dozens of medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers are facing similar challenges. They are also facing logistical problems and staffing shortages that have left some manufacturers unable to keep up with demand.
Manufacturers in Puerto Rico are now facing a potential man-made disaster, a provision in a tax bill that would impose a 20 percent tax on goods made in Puerto Rico and shipped to the US mainland.