Care, not scare – Editorials – NewsObserver.com

Some Republicans in Congress have characterized health care reform proposals put forward by Democrats as everything from socialized medicine to a budget back-breaker to the end of the Republic.

Spurred on (and some do act like saddled horses) by the multibillion-dollar health insurance industry, they conjure visions of elderly people without coverage, or worse, subject to “death panels.” The Democrats would spend America into a deficit hole from which the country will not emerge, they say, and only we opponents are standing up for responsibility. Story continues here ➤