Obama’s Nominee to Run Medicare: “The Decision is Not Whether or Not We Will Ration Care, The Decision is Whether We Will Ration Care With Our Eyes Open”

President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which runs Medicare, is a strong supporter of the government-run health care system in Britain, who said in a 2009 interview about Comparative Effectiveness Research: “The decision is not whether or not we will ration care–the decision is whether we will ration with our eyes open.”

Go read the whole thing.