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President Obama might pay for a government health care takeover by
taxing employer-provided health insurance -- even though he had
campaigned on not raising taxes on middle-class families. White
House adviser David Axelrod said the administration wouldn't rule
out taxing some employees' benefits to fund its health care agenda.
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