Device makers are rightly concerned about the viability of Medicare in the coming decades, but there’s a tremendous amount of pressure on the program right now. For instance, budget sequestration will shave 2% off the monies paid out for Medicare by the end of March unless our elected officials can come to some agreement, but we no longer talk about least costly alternative (LCA) because it’s purportedly kaput. The idea that LCA is kaput, however, might not be accurate, and there are a couple of reasons industry should stay...