Shikha Dalmia on Obamacare's Rationing By Another Name
The stunning post-debate reversal in Mitt Romney's fortunes may not last through the elections. But win or lose, writes Shikha Dalmia, Romney will do the country a big favor if he continues to expose the Independent Payment Advisory Board—the beloved center-piece of Obamacare—for what it is: An effort to give an unelected and unconstitutional board of bureaucrats sweeping powers to determine whether grandma gets her bypass surgery from Medicare, or a boot off the cliff.
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