Health care

I've worked in the health care field for 20 years and I am baffled by the misinformation as to whether healthcare as outlined by congress is socialism or not. I do not consider fire protection, law enforcement, education, Road Departments, all civic governments including the national government as socialism. I know it is easy to claim that whenever government attempts to control or manage a business as GM or any other business citizens are up in arms thinking this is the road to socialism. Let's first define socialism as defined in Websters Dictionary. "The theory of public collective ownership or control of the basic means of production, distribution, and exchange, with the avowed aim of operating for use rather than for profit." That definition would eliminate GM as if they don't make a profit they will not be able to pay back the taxpayers and also the government is not controlling where they sell cars or what cars they sell. It still could be socialism by some but it doesn't fit the definition.
Health care is the big issue in some peoples mind. It has always been controlled to a certain extent by the government. Most practioneers must take boards to practice and pay yearly fees to continue. Any product used by the health care business must pass extensive testing along with medications. No one complains about this government control. It is just when government desires to develop a private division to cover the uninsured that many complain that now America is becoming socialistic. They complain that now government will now control healthcare. Well, government has always to a certain degree controlled health care. Do the insurance companies control health care? The doctors and other practioneers would loudly say YES. The question I would ask is this really socialism or something else?