1.   And the Democratic plans propose adding a standardized drug benefit in traditional Medicare.

2.   Democrats support adding a standardized drug benefit to the traditional Medicare program, available on a voluntary basis.

3.   House Democrats lined up behind the idea of adding a standardized drug benefit to the traditional Medicare program, voluntary but guaranteed to every beneficiary.

4.   The Democrats, by contrast, contend that approach would not work and instead support the idea of simply adding a standardized drug benefit to the traditional Medicare program.