Does the federal government really care about my health?

Like the Left has done for decades in the Abortion debate, they are attempting to seize the rhetorical key terrain in the medical marketplace debate by choosing the terms of the argument and thereby imposing their premises on their opponents.

The front page of the 14 Sep Wapo tabloid, The Express featured a prominent article on Pres Obama's appearance on 60 Minutes to push his scheme to impose greater bureaucracy on the American medical industry. He is well on his way to succeeding in one respect. The article notes Obama's accusation that Republicans are 'trying to block an overhaul of the national health care system.' The phrase 'national health care system' is the common phrase used by both proponents and opponents of the Democrats' scheme to nationalize the medical industry.

But it is only a rhetorical trick. There is no 'national health care system' in the United States. There are national, regional and local markets for medical goods and services. There are regional and local medical systems - some public, some private, none comprehensive to anywhere near the extent envisioned by the Left and being pushed by Obama and the Democrat Party.

There are some national medical systems: The VA and Military Medical systems come to mind.

The proponents of nationalizing the medical goods and services marketplace will have already won the rhetorical battle if they are allowed to control the terms of the argument.