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Article: DEBATE? STILL FEVERED; Sentiments and opinions ran hot during a health care town hall hosted by Rep. Michele Bachmann in Lake Elmo.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- August 28, 2009
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Byline: PAT DOYLE; STAFF WRITER
With deafening cheers and a few jeers, hundreds of people packed a health care town hall meeting Thursday held by U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, some targeting the Republican with the kind of anger previously directed at Democrats.
"Why do you persist on distorting the president's plan?" asked Ilya Gorodisher, 46, of the Stillwater area, accusing Bachmann of "stretching the truth to the point of lies."
Bachmann, who represents the Sixth District, defended her claim that President Obama's plan would crowd out existing private insurers, and suggested Democratic plans were big gambles.
"Washington, D.C., is ...