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GOPers Scream ‘Rationing,’ But Shun Bill Ensuring Mammograms

By | 11.20.09 | 12:35 pm

Republicans on Capitol Hill were sure quick to go after the new federal guidelines recommending that women should seek routine mammograms beginning at age 50 instead of 40. “This is how rationing begins,” Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said Wednesday on Capitol Hill. “This is when you start getting More…