10th Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.In fact, Jefferson reflected on the Founder's division of federal and state government powers by noting that the Founders had trusted the states, not the federal government, with the care of people. See for yourself.
"Our citizens have wisely formed themselves into one nation as to others and several States as among themselves. To the united nation belong our external and mutual relations; to each State, severally, the care of our persons, (emphasis added) our property, our reputation and religious freedom." --Thomas Jefferson: To Rhode Island Assembly, 1801. ME 10:262 http://tinyurl.com/onx4jSo regarding Congress's attempt to override the President's veto of the health care bill, Congress actually had no business trying to exercise non-existent federal powers by making the bill in the first place.
This post (<-click), while addressing a tax related thread, attempts to show in general how the health care bill is a consequence of FDR's 10th A.-ignoring establishment of his New Deal programs, in my opinion.
(If anybody feels inclined to comment about the post referenced above, please do so in this thread.)
On the other hand, the people can always exercise their Article V powers to amend the Constitution to properly authorize the feds to manage health care. But until the people choose to do so, health care remains a state power issue.
The bottom line is that the people need to wise up to the very serious of widespread corruption in the federal government, particularly where the 10th A. protected powers of the states are being ignored, a consequence of FDR's dirty politics. The people need to quit sitting on their hands and petition lawmakers, judges and justices who are not upholding their oaths to defend the Constitution, demanding that they resign from their jobs.