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Medical Device Tax Repeal Bill Gains Some Ground

Makers of medical devices are gaining some momentum in a vigorous campaign to persuade Congress to scrap a tax imposed on their industry by the 2010 health-care law.

A bill to void the tax sponsored by Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.) will be marked up in the House Ways and Means Committee Thursday. Republican House leaders say a floor vote could be scheduled as soon as next week.

Congress already has scotched other segments of the law through bipartisan votes — including a provision that would have expanded the range of purchases that businesses must report to the Internal Revenue Service and a “glitch” that would have allowed up to three million middle-class Americans to enroll in Medicaid.

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Source: The Washington Post

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