George Miller

George Miller (CA), has agreed to hold a hearing on single-payer!

Healthcare-NOW! just sent me this email:
Chairman of the Education and Labor Committee, George Miller (CA), has agreed to hold a hearing on single-payer!

Call your representative and ask him/her to attend. If you know your representative, call 866-338-1015 for the Capital Switchboard. If not, visit votesmart.org to find out. Either way, you can easily email them here.

Here's the information:
Examining the Single Payer Health Care Option
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Hearing
10:30 AM, June 10, 2009
2175 Rayburn H.O.B
Washington, DC
SECOND - Ask Two Chairmen to Hold Single-Payer Hearings

Please call the chairmen of these committees and tell them that:

Rep. George Miller: I favor a single payer system

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