1.   And were the New Haven doctors consciously trying to ration care, holding off on hospitalization for some reason when they had other options?

2.   Curbing expenditures means rationing care without appearing to do so.

3.   Given some of the horror stories concerning policies designed to ration care, the anecdotal evidence is difficult to ignore.

4.   Signs accusing the president of trying to ration care were waved alongside those that urged him to provide more coverage for people with AIDS.

5.   Soviet medical care was rationed by party rank and loyalty.

6.   The lawyers see themselves as protectors of innocent patients against profit-hungry corporations bent on rationing care.

7.   The state is also rationing the care.

8.   They say such contracts will become increasingly important as the government is tempted to control costs by rationing care.