Americans are making their voices heard on health care reform across the country with loud voices and raised fists. Since Friday, the town hall meetings that members of Congress are using to stage open dialogue with their constituents have more or less turned into shouting matches.
Will civil unrest at town hall meetings produce policy change?
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 | 12:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 9:05 a.m. CDT, Wednesday, August 12, 2009
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