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Health Care Reform Backers Prepare for Push in Washington

Minnesota Public Radio's Lorna Benson

As talk of health care reform heats up, so does the excitement of groups who are pushing for major changes in the system.

It's never been easier to recruit members to his cause, said Dan McGrath, executive director of the grassroots organization TakeAction Minnesota.

"In the month of March here at TakeAction Minnesota, we signed up over 700 new members on a message of reforming the health care system now. That's quadruple what we've ever done in any March previously," McGrath said.

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