Publicly funded health care

Although the campaign for health care reform may be in its final stretch, even reform supporters are having to plan very carefully for how we would pay for the changes, should they happen.

Peter Nicks tells us about his project “The Waiting Room,” which follows the life and times of patients and staff at a county hospital in Oakland, California, where many patients are uninsured and seek care with no way to pay their bills.

‘The Waiting Room’ is a film, video, web and social media project, connecting people getting health care in Oakland, California with the national healthcare debate.

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 of The New York Times visits The Takeaway.

Our Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich, joins us to do some fact checking on health care reform and Medicare-cost claims from both sides of the Congressional aisle.