Republican knives out for Obama's medical devices tax

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Republican knives out for Obama's medical devices tax

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/republican-knives-obamas-medical-devices-tax-223524498--business.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YzIb84Ire4dGe6KlXIMaUg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-11-12T223524Z_1_LYNXNPEAAB19W_RTROPTP_2_USA-HEALTHCARE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Senator Hatch questions HHS Secretary Sebelius during Senate Finance Committee hearing about &quot;Obamacare&quot; on Capitol Hill in Washington" align="left" title="U.S. Senator Hatch questions HHS Secretary Sebelius during Senate Finance Committee hearing about &quot;Obamacare&quot; on Capitol Hill in Washington" border="0" /></a>By Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Congress will soon move to kill a medical device tax imposed less than two years ago under President Barack Obama's healthcare law, congressional aides and analysts said on Wednesday. The 2.3-percent excise tax on sales of most medical devices sold in the United States helps fund the law, known as Obamacare, and applies to products ranging from bedpans to heart pacemakers. It took effect in January 2013 and is projected to raise about $30 billion a year in government revenue over 10 years. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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