Business takeout: should banks help pay for health care?
With Wall Street rebounding, some say the bailed-out banks should pony up and help other ailing industries, or directly pay for health care reform through new taxes on the financial sector. Louise Story, finance reporter for The New York Times, tells us how soon this is likely to happen.
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