[VRWCmember]

And for the sake of accuracy, in this 1961 speech, he opened by equating “socialized medicine” to socialism, and continued to the end with that theme:

And that is my point: "socialized medicine" equals socialism in health care. Therefore, since the term means socialism, quibbling over which word to use contributes nothing to the debate.

[angkor]

>>> Therefore, since the term means socialism, quibbling over which word to use contributes nothing to the debate. <<<<

I’m not quibbling.

Use whatever the heck you want.

I’ll call it “socialist health care.”