ROMULUS, Mich. (WXYZ) - Democratic lawmakers are on the defensive across the country, as they hold public forums in their home states to talk about health care reform. They are being met by hundreds of protesters, mostly orchestrated--according to the Democrats--from a distance by insurance companies, lobbyists and activists from the Republican party. Republicans say they are not behind the protests.
WATCH MICHAEL ROSENFIELD'S REPORT IN THE VIDEO PLAYER ON THE RIGHTCongressman John Dingell held a health care reform forum Thursday night and was met by some protesters.
Marcia Boehm is a university professor from Troy who runs her own business, and has no insurance.
Boehm was born with multiple fractures that kept her from growing She says it's time for a health plan that everyone can be part of.
But not everyone agrees. Lynn Mills of Livonia, who suffers from migraines, says she pays for her medicine herself because her health care won't cover it. But she doesn't want anything changed.
Even though lawmakers behind the national health care bill say people can keep what they have, Christine Wofford of Canton fears everyone will be forced to join a national plan eventually. But John Bendzick of Dearborn, who employs 25 people in his southwest Detroit chemical business, says he likes what he heard about the health care bill on the table.
