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Murphy criticizes outdated Medicare and Medicaid systems and Congress's ineffective approach to healthcare.

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