January 30, 2009, 4:00 a.m. Daschle CareTo save money, House Democrats want the government to decide how to ration medical care. By Michael F. Cannon The $819 billion “stimulus bill†passed by the House includes $1.1 billion that has nothing to do with economic growth and everything to do with letting government control your medical decisions: House Democrats propose to spend taxpayer dollars researching which medical services work best. The need for such “comparative-effectiveness research†is tremendous, and this work could benefit the economy—but not if it’s done the way the Democrats propose. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that...