Excerpt: The Los Angeles Times provides a Q&A that dissects the costs and various proposals of the pending Democratic healthcare bills. 'The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects that after revenue-generating provisions and savings in Medicare and Medicaid, the House bill would add $239 billion to the deficit over 10 years.' The Times also examines which plans qualify as so-called Cadillac plans and how the government might 'squeeze savings out of Medicare without cutting patient services' (Geiger and Oliphant, 8/31). The Herald-Sun (Durham, N.C.) has 'a look at the differentiating factors between the main bill, the House Tri-Committee bill commonly known as H.B. 3200, and various proposals and other bills on the table' (8/29).

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