Health care reform protesters join a dem

Health care reform protesters join a demonstration in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, on August 12, 2009. The protesters gathered outside a venue where Democratic US Senator Arlen Specter was holding a town hall meeting on the proposed health reforms. Republicans are loudly fretting over the cost of reform plans by US President Barack Obama, with some branding it "socialism" and warning that the soaring US budget deficit will skyrocket if the president gets his way. AFP PHOTO/Virginie Montet (Photo credit should read Virginie Montet/AFP via Getty Images)