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Joe Eaton, iWatch News

Medical Device Industry Lobbies IRS and Congress To Dodge Health Law Tax

By Joe Eaton, iWatch News April 18, 2011 KFF Health News Original

The medical device industry took a hit during legislative deal-making over health care last year, an excise tax that’s expected to yield $20 billion over 10 years, but the industry is using all its Capitol Hill muscle in a drive to kill the tax.

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