News bites: Device tax

Members call again for device tax repeal, touting bipartisan support [free reg. req'd].

HHS delays basic health plan option until 2015.

Lawmakers offer dueling approaches on fixing doc pay [free reg. req'd].

New whooping cough strain in U.S. raises questions.

Smoking, once used to reward, faces a ban in mental hospitals.

Sharp drop in drink deaths follows alcohol price rise.

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