It does not ration life-saving treatments, unlike Britain's.
The Swiss government does not "ration care" — that populist bogeyman in the American debate — but it does keep down overall spending by regulating drug prices and fees for lab tests and medical devices.
Conservative opponents of reform have forced reformers to explain why government will not ration health care services, rather than explain how measures like comparative effectiveness research can improve care.
A voluntary program will not ration gas, giving everybody the same amount, but just invite us to buy 10percentt fewer gallons per month than whatever we were using.
If, at the end of the day, they do not ration, why should they inform their patients that they consider a cost-quality trade-off relevant but not decisive in making their clinical decisions?
The participants reporting that they would not inform their patients that they consider a cost-quality trade-off relevant to clinical decisions may choose not to do this because ultimately they would not ration.
