Critics of Health Reform Plans Disrupt Town-Hall Meetings

As Congress returns home for the August recess, Democrats have been bombarded in their home districts by opponents of Democratic health reform proposals.  White House officials and Democratic lawmakers say the plans are part of a coordinated effort to stop action on health care reform. 

• "Health Care Debate Gets Uglier" (Hook, Los Angeles Times, 8/6).
• "Rowdy Protesters Overrun Health Care Meetings" (Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 8/6).
• "Protests at Democrats' Health-Care Events Spark Political Tug of War" (Rucker/Eggen, Washington Post, 8/6).