Primers on health reform and the legislative process

Some news outlets offer primers on the proposed health care overhaul.

The Associated Press answers question about the House and Senate bills, including how many people will be covered, whether the new middle-class coverage will be affordable and whether pre-existing conditions will be banned (Alonso-Zaldivar, 11/29).

The Los Angeles Times has a guide to the legislative process still to come. "It may sound wonky, but understanding the process is key to following the events about to unfold in the Capitol" (Levey and Padilla, 11/27).

---

This article was reprinted from khn.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.