Medical device industry focuses on dodging health law tax

iWatch News: Medical Device Industry Lobbies IRS, Congress To Dodge Health Law Tax
But in Washington, it's never over until it's over. And like other medical interests who are scrambling to influence the implementation of health care reform, medical device makers are showering cash on friends in Congress and working the halls, hoping that one of five bills that would overturn the excise tax might actually make it into law (Eaton, 4/18).

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