Obama Will Have Single-Payer Advocates At Health Care Summit

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Source: Huffington Post

Obama Will Have Single-Payer Advocates At Health Care Summit

Sam Stein
3/4/09

There has been a lot of speculation over which sides of the health care debate will be present when the Obama White House hosts a summit on the topic this Thursday. Included in that has been concern among advocates of a single-payer system that their voices would not be included at the table.

An administration official put that unease to rest on Wednesday night, telling the Huffington Post that, "single payer advocates will be represented at the forum tomorrow."

Another source with knowledge of the event says: "Rep. John Conyers, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and a known single payer advocate, and at least one group advocating single payer, will be there as well."

The inclusion of Conyers and at least one other group or individual should quiet, for the moment, the growing chorus of voices who have been openly pressing the White House to be more open-minded to a single-payer system.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/04/obama-will-have-single-pa_n_171994.html

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