Well, unbelievable but of course true that it has taken this long for even a little itty bitty discussion of the inevitability of rationing (and indeed its forever presence in the form of price) to emerge in some (one) of the nation's media outlets (although Uwe Rinehardt has touched on bits of here and there in his very excellent NYT blog). See link below from NYT Magazine yesterday. How long, if ever, before this takes hold in the American politico-chatter class? Odds available (long) with my bookie in Vegas. David http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/magazine/19healthcare-t.html?em -- David Wilsford Ph D Professor of Political Science, George Mason University (Fairfax Virginia USA) and Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics (UK) [log in to unmask] French cell +33.6.11.16.50.93 U.S. cell +1.224.522.0111