POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these present that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Timothy A. Pratt, Vance R. Brown, Theresa R. Boni, Scott G.
Hodgdon
and Lee G. Giguere signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	prepare and execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a
Form
ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate
to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic
filings
with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
  of
1934, as amended, or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an executive officer and/or director of Boston Scientific
Corporation
(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5, and amendments thereto, in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
thereunder;

(3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4
or 5
and file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority;

(4)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an executive officer and/or director of the Company, Forms 144 in accordance
with
Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations
thereunder; and

(5)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in
the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's
discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or

could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done
by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company

assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of
  the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or Rule 144 of the Securities Act
of
1933, as amended.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 and Forms 144 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued
by
the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 18th day of January, 2014.

/s/ Ernest Mario, Ph.D.
________________________
Ernest Mario, Ph.D.