State Democratic Chairman David Young today issued what he called “an urgent call” to Tar Heel Democrats to lobby for President Barack Obama plans to overhaul the nation’s health care system.

At a Raleigh news conference Wednesday afternoon, Young said there were 1.5 million North Carolinians with no health insurance and that 13 percent of the state’s children were not covered, reports Rob Christensen.

He warned that the opposition will use “scare tactics” to try to defeat needed health care changes. Despite charges of a government takeover of health care, Young said Obama has repeatedly said people can keep their own private insurance under his proposal, but would have the option of enrolling in a government-backed plan.

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