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Exclusive: For McCarthy, a hearing of a different kind
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Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola) is the hearing aid industry’s best friend in Congress as Democrats wrestle with health care legislation.
Just before Christmas, she persuaded 110 colleagues in the House to sign a letter requesting that hearing aids, and other items in a class of supplies such as bandages and latex gloves, be exempted from the tax on medical device manufacturers in the...
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