Warren Exempts Makers of Medical Devices from the Obamacare Tax

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12:48 PM, Apr 19, 2012 • By GEOFFREY NORMAN

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Well, actually, Democrat Elizabeth Warren can't do this all by herself. But she can propose this carve out which, fortuitously, works to the advantage of her state—Massachusetts—where, she writes:

... the medical device and diagnostics industry employs around 24,000 people and is responsible for 13 percent of all state exports.

Should Warren, be elected to the U.S. Senate, she can try this on her new colleagues and begin her education in logrolling. (What favors for the oil industry might Louisiana senator Mary Landrieu consider a fair price for her vote?)