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Phil Gingrey: Dr. Gingrey compared the Republican plan for Medicare unfavorably to 'throwing grandma off a cliff.'

On the recordJuly 12, 2011
Dr. Gingrey compared the Republican plan for Medicare unfavorably to 'throwing grandma off a cliff.'
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Phil Gingrey
Georgia

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Gingrey used a dramatic metaphor to criticize the Republican Medicare plan.

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