I have to give the man some credit, Obama's ability to reframe nationalizing health care as a way to balance the budget is astonishing. Forget that we have perhaps the best health care system in the developed world, and that other countries that depend on our services are shuddering at the thought that we could follow their example. While I don't think Obama has every actually admitted that he wants to nationalize the American hospital system, his Universal Health Care plan--while it sounds nice on the outside--would effectively do just that.