Will put my hand up and admit I am not that clued up on American Politics mate, it just doesn't affect me any more. The days of me fighting in the friggin wars they start are long behind me.
I have heard about the health reforms Obama was hoping or attempting to push through however, in fact I believe it was in that regard I heard him referred to as a socialist.
To be honest mate I think your health care over there is a fecking travesty, only those who can afford medical treatment receive medical treatment etc. No health insurance, no fecking doctor not only flies in the face of the Hippocratic Oath but is also downright inhuman.
Now admittedly the National Health Service in the UK isn't that much to sing and fecking dance about, hell you go into hospital for a routine op and come out with a flesh eating bug or dead. However at least everyone, no matter their income or payments, is entitled to free health care. We also have the private sector of medicine which is probably closer to your system, but its the same friggin doctors doing the same work no matter who they are seeing. End of the day they are still getting paid too!
Sorry if I have misunderstood Obama's proposals, or your objections to them but from what
limited information I heard over here about it, he basically wanted to launch a US version of NHS.