to the bottom of this. marcia blackburn, vice chair of the energy and commerce committee, thanks for coming in. what is this about? from what i understand, there is a special tax built into the health care law on thicks that are considered medical devices and the pump ands that make them. how could my smart phone be a medical device? of course, they are looking for anything that is moving that they can regulate and then tax. and medical devices have a 2.3% tax. that is written into kare-11 well, back in july, 2011, we got some instruction from the fda that they were looking at regulating mobile medical applications as a medical device. and they re looking at anything that is attached to a current medical device or any portable applications for diabetes or monitoring your blood pressure. they want to throw that in the