Ever? None of them ever said it? What was that Hillarycare debacle all about?There's not a single Democrat who's ever said we should nationalize the healthcare system.
Healthcare will always be delivered by doctors, hopsitals, and nurses who work for private entities. Insurance companies don't provide healthcare. They are a middleman that simply pays healthcare providers.
We're talking about how healthcare providers get paid. That's not socialism, no matter how many times you stomp your feet and pound the table trying to proclaim it so. The conservative parties in New Zealand, UK, Canada, France, Sweden, Japan, Netherlands, all support universal health insurance. They hardly consider themselves socialists.
And no, it isn't socialism. It is corporate welfare, on an even larger scale than the crappy Pill Bill.