Senate Health Committee chair says medtech tax repeal is a "phony" issue

Senate Health Committee chair says medtech tax repeal is a "phony" issue-massdevice: Medical device tax repeal efforts have made friends across party lines and in both houses of Congress, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid isn't one of them. In harsh comments made yesterday Reid characterized the debate over the medical device tax as a fabricated controversy, saying that the industry can afford to pay its share to help fund healthcare reform, Minnesota Public Radio reported.