AdvaMed Steps Up Effort To Link Device Tax Repeal To Job Growth
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Device lobbyists are hoping to take advantage of renewed emphasis among federal policymakers on creating jobs to push through a repeal of the medical device excise tax, scheduled to take effect in 2013.
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