In the trenches on health-care overhaul

Every day it's a fresh drama in Washington when it comes to overhauling the nation's health-care system.

Public option . . . Cadillac health plans . . . insuring abortion . . . pork for Nebraska in the guise of change.

A noble idea, health insurance for every American. But too expensive, say some. And too much government, say others.

There is no shortage of opinions, and they vary widely.

President Obama will be at Arcadia University tomorrow to promote changing health care and health insurance - part of his road trip to make something sweeping happen, or maybe to just make something happen.

Obama's position is clear. So is ardent foe Mitch McConnell's.

So in pursuit of some clarity, we asked five people from the Philadelphia region, people with clear stakes in the outcome, to share their views, hopes, and concerns. They are Charles Cutler, physician; Amy Fitzpatrick, laid-off legal receptionist; Michael B. Laign, president and chief executive officer of Holy Redeemer Health System Inc.; Steven Udvarhelyi, Independence Blue Cross executive; Jonathan Warner, insurance broker.