Treasury Secretary Lew Defends Device Tax At Senate Hearing
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Lew suggested the device industry could afford the tax and that the levy was a critical piece of funding for the Affordable Care Act, prompting a rebuke from AdvaMed.
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