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Thought you might be interested in the latest on Medicare from AEI resident fellow Scott Gottlieb, M.D. President Barack Obama deflects criticism that his health care plan will bring on government rationing of medical care by arguing that insurance companies ration care. However, in today's Wall Street Journal, Gottlieb examines how Medicare has been rationing care for years in far more arbitrary ways than private insurers.

"How the U.S. Government Rations Health Care" is available here: http://www.aei.org/article/101092

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