How much will it cost is going to be a keystone to this argument, and on Monday, the Congressional Budget Office weighed in with some interesting reviews.

Without an entire proposal to review, the CBO gave the once over to different ideas that Democrats have put forward, including the basics of a plan from Sen. Edward Kennedy that was floated recently.

The basic number is $1 trillion - that ten years of increased health care coverage brought about by reform plans would cost that much, basically $100 billion per year.

The CBO though estimates that the reforms won't mean health insurance coverage for everyone, which is sure to be seized upon by critics.

"When fully implemented, about 39 million individuals would obtain coverage," said CBO Director Doug Elmendorf.

"At the same time, the number of people who had coverage through an employer would decline by about 15 million (or roughly 10 percent), and coverage from other sources would fall by about 8 million, so the net decrease in the number of people uninsured would be about 16 million or 17 million," he added.

In other words, as the government steps into the health insurance arena, 10% of businesses will drop coverage for their workers, meaning that the reforms would still leave a good chunk of Americans without coverage.

Tomorrow, the Senate Health Committee will be a "markup" of a health care bill, as the panel set aside eight days through June 26 to vote out a comprehensive reform package.

While you have a few minutes, I'm sure that you want to leaf through the basics of what that committee has so far released, just your average 615 page bill, which you can see at http://help.senate.gov/BAI09A84_xml.pdf

When your eyes start hurting on page three, just consider how many of these things I have to read each year - so don't quit too soon.

We'll see what else the committee wants to add to that - and don't forget - another panel will have to add in the details on how this is going to be paid for.

There's a lot of information that will be coming down the pike in the next two weeks, all part of the health care wait.