Rationing health care? In America?

The Wall Street Journal takes on the topic of rationing expensive medical treatments in this article by Antonio Regalado.

From the article:

"Lilly's campaign for Xigris reflects the unique way in which health care is rationed in America. In other countries, for better or worse, government bureaucracies set guidelines for what drugs cost and who gets them. But in the U.S., these decisions are made every day by a vast array of gatekeepers, from doctors, to government employees to insurance officials. And all of these people are targets for a big company that wants to influence the process."