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Medical gear makers howl at push for tax

Say plan to fund health bill could cost jobs in Mass.

By Robert Weisman
Globe Staff / September 25, 2009

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A plan to tax makers of medical devices to help pay for an overhaul of the nation’s health care system is raising alarms in Massachusetts, where device companies say the estimated $400 million they would have to pay could force them to cut jobs and reduce research. (Full article: 900 words)

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