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  • Ralph Nader: Disruption of Congress? (8 Activists: Put On The Table Single Payer, Arrested)

    05/06/2009 8:12:59 AM PDT · by fight_truth_decay · 12 replies · 1,086+ views
    e-mail | 5/6/2009 9:53:47 AM | Ralph Nader
    Yesterday morning, eight doctors, lawyers and other activists stood up to Senator Max Baucus. And the private health insurance industry. And the corporate liberals in Congress. The eight activists demanded that single payer - everybody in, nobody out, free choice of doctor and hospital - be put on the table. And as a result they were arrested. And charged with a so-called "disruption of Congress." The Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, Politico, Democracy Now and National Public Radio all carried stories about the protest. C-Span carried it live. And it was widely disseminated on the Internet. Baucus crafted a hearing...