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Doctors and Nurses Kicked Out of Health Care Hearing

Several doctors and nurses delayed a Senate Finance Committee hearing on health care reform this morning. The group protested what they said was the exclusion of advocates for a government-run, single-payer system from the Committee's three round table discussions on the topic.As the hearing began, more than a dozen nurses rose with their backs to the senators before walking out en masse. Five doctors and nurses then rose one at a time, either shouting or reading aloud from prepared text, until being removed by a Capitol Police officer. One yelled, "We want guaranteed health care!" Another ...

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