POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these present that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Timothy A. Pratt, Vance R. Brown, Jeff Mann, Ashley E. McGrane
and Mai-Khoi Nguyen-Thanh signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	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 and the rules thereunder;

(2)	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 United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;

(3)	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 Exchange Act of 1933, as amended and the rules
and regulations thereunder; and

(4)	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 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  17th day of January, 2017.


/s/ Stephen P. MacMillan
________________
Stephen P. MacMillan