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What those numbers are talking about was sort of the medical system as a whole and not parsing it out to specifically to medicare and to other particular providers. so, i think it's a little bit hard to make that case. with regard to tort reform specifically, you know, what happens is the amount of money paid out in lawsuits is relatively small amount of money. that case has been made. probably 2% or 3% of the health care budget. but the sort of trickle-down effect, on doctors and nurses and the health care professionals, changes dramatically because of the fear of lawsuits. and that number, a...

Here's the next question, can i get the $6,000 tax credit for the condo i purchased with my i.r.a. money on december 30, 2009? what do you make of that? >> it's $6,500 for people buying their primary home, it sounds like this person, this woman, is renting out the home. it's not the primary residence, so the answer is no. >> the answer is no, and it's really complicated, because it depends on when you buy that home, the devil's in the details. guys, thank you very much for your help. the help desk is all about getting you answers, send me an e-mail to gerri@cnn.com, and we might answer it righ...

The $3.8 trillion spending plan tries to balance more government spending to generate job growth with controlling the deficit. white house correspondent suzanne malveaux joins me now live. as they say, the devil's in the details. give us those details. >> reporter: betty, one of those budget wonks now. we have been combing through the budget over the last hour or so. i got a chance to talk to the director of omb peter orszag who said they're trying not to make things worse than before, trying to lower expectations. the president says his number one priority is still creating jobs for the ameri...

Under your plan? >> george, that's an exception to everything. you can always find a unique family somewhere. >> but if you live somewhere with high state or local taxes you can't deduct those from your federal return under this plan. that could mean a big tax increase for you. folks, bottom line, the devil's in the details and we don't know a lot of the details. which tax bracket do i fall into? 12, 25 or 35%? we don't know. haven't told us which correspond to each bracket and haven't definitively set the brackets. the framework says they might add a bracket for top earners. joined now by rep...

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