US shutdown: Quick device tax win unlikely but lobby won’t go away anytime soon
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Overnight reports show that elected officials on both sides of the US political divide are sticking to their positions. As threatened, the US government was partially “shut down” on 1 October, for lack of agreement in Congress on the federal budget. The Republicans refused to back budget proposals over discontent with compulsory purchasing of health insurance under “