This dreadful tax, which was commonly addressed as 'fund of the ACA', simply took a toll on the entire medical device industry, since its enactment in 2013. Data published in a report in FierceMedical Device stated that, in 2014, Johnson & Johnson made a payment of $180 million in medical device tax payments, while Medtronic (MDT), legacy Covidien, Smith & Nephew (SNN) paid $112 million, $60 million and $25 million, respectively.