https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2009/09/02/smells-like-rationing-spirit/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 19:07:03 -0400<![CDATA[The supporters of ObamaCare insist that government control of health care will not lead to rationing.  However, a report late last week from Bloomberg gives a clearer indication of the kind of power ObamaCare will put into the hands of bureaucrats, and how they will control access to health care through the government checkbook.  Medicare has cut $1.4 billion in payments to cardiologists and oncologists in order to ration resources towards family-practice physicians (via Doug Ross):]]>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:21:45 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2009/09/02/smells-like-rationing-spirit-n164210