Austin American-Statesman, Oct. 28, 2007 Dr. Howard Brody, Dr. John D. Stobo and Laura Hermer in this commentary section article urge the public not to be distracted by slogans such as "socialized medicine" when evaluating the proposed health plans offered by presidential candidates. They suggested focusing on how the plan tries to balance the inevitable tradeoffs - maintaining high-quality care, offering a range of choices and keeping costs under control while assuring access to everyone. Brody is director of UTMB's Institute for the Medical Humanities, Stobo is the immediate past president of UTMB and executive director for academic programs for the University of Texas System Office of Health Affairs and Hermer is an attorney and assistant professor at the Institute for the Medical Humanities.