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Tim Murphy: “The Medicare and Medicaid systems in my mind are so hopelessly outmoded that the old tool, when everything looks like a…”

On the recordMay 4, 2011
The Medicare and Medicaid systems in my mind are so hopelessly outmoded that the old tool, when everything looks like a hammer, everything--when the only tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail, and all Congress knows how to do is giveth and taketh away.
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Tim Murphy
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Murphy criticizes outdated Medicare and Medicaid systems and Congress's ineffective approach to healthcare.

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