At home in August, health law still a hot topic at town hall meetings

The sweeping overhaul measure is still on voters' minds. Some Republican House members are trading on the existing opposition to the law as cover for their positions on the debt-ceiling vote.

The Hill: Back Home After Debt Debate Health Care Reform Is The Topic For GOP Lawmakers
Health care reform still loomed large in voters' minds last week as members of Congress began their traditional series of recess town hall meetings. The issue had drifted down the political agenda after the 2010 midterm elections, even amid several court challenges to the law and news of more exemptions from the plan's individual mandate. But now, after a debt-ceiling deal that left many Republican House members cold, some freshmen already have tried to frame their 'yea' votes by referring again to the health care bill (Viebeck, 8/6).

The Tennessean: Health Care Town Hall Attendees United In Opposition To Obamacare
About 100 people from across the state met Saturday for a Doctor-Patient Town Hall at Lipscomb University to discuss health-care policy. In the view of most in attendance, U.S. health care is moving in the wrong direction, and doctors and patients must take action to help restore medical freedoms (Young, 8/7).