No, he is only talking about National Health Insurance. The doctors and hospitals would still be privately owned.
A HC provider Chris is what was mentioned in the post not an Insurance company. I am absolutly NOT in favor of nationalizing healthcare, however I do believe that the government can and does have the ability to "regulate" the insurance industry as well as the healthcare industry in order to make healthcare more affordable for those cannot afford it. IMHO one of the reasons this has not been done, are the very same people we elect to represent us year after year have been bought and paid for by these insurance companies both republican and democrat. I am a strong supporter in providing for the elderly and those cannot care for themselves, I believe as a nation we have an obligation and are measured by our compassion for those that cannot take care for themsleves. However, someone who does have the ability to care for themselves should be able to afford healthcare on the market and should not be priced out of the market, if congress would do their jobs and regulate which they have the power to do. The Hawaii program is a visiual display of what happens when a government run healthcare program is made available to all, it is mismanaged, rampant with abuse, and the overall quality of healthcase suffers under such a system. The state of Hawaii would have been better off mandating caps for healthcare coverage in their states and floors as well, thats called regulating and not competing in the private market place where government does not belong.