The Affordable Care Act has a major new element that will take effect soon.

Some major biotech companies in Massachusetts are unhappy with this development.

Boston Business Journal reporter Don Seiffer explains.

"This is marketing-related money, marketing and sales-related money, that a drug or device company would pay to a doctor or a hospital," said Seiffer. "[Companies] all say that transparency is good. However, they all say there's a stigma attached to this money that goes from industries to doctors."

Read more on the Boston Business Journal website.

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