Note: Rationing of health care services is a contentious topic and in our view, current discussions of rationing often are unproductive or harmful. We suggest two reasons for that result. First the ...

Republicans and their allies spent most of the debate over health care reform accusing Democrats and their allies of trying to “ration” health care. But Paul Ryan’s budget illustrates the reality ...

Is rationing required to control healthcare costs? No. Not if you define rationing as denying care to a particular person with a specific illness. That is neither necessary nor even possible given our ...

Note: In part 1 of this post, we offered a more precise definition of rationing. In part 2 below, we describe the type of health plan we would like for ourselves and our families. In addition to ...