Liberal group Americans United for Change is running robocalls in Wisconsin's 8th CD asking listeners to thank U.S. Rep. Steve Kagen, D-Appleton, for his vote in favor of health care reform.

"An era of insurance industry abuse is finally coming to an end thanks to courageous Members of Congress like Steve Kagen who stood up to powerful special interests on behalf of Wisconsin families," said acting executive director Tom McMahon in a statement. "These are monumental reforms that will save lives and prevent families from going bankrupt because of crushing health care costs."

The robocall narrator tells listeners that insurance companies hired more than 2,000 lobbyists and spent $86 million to kill the health care legislation.

"But the insurance companies didn't win," the narrator says. "Because your Congressman, Steve Kagen, said NO to big insurance and YES to standing up for regular people."