Is it not interesting just how fast the term Left gets thrown around in US politics.....

Single-Payer Party? Democrats Shift Left on Health Care
By ALEXANDER BURNS and JENNIFER MEDINA
Liberal Democrats have pressed lawmakers to support a single-payer health care system, and supporters say the party has moved further left on the issue.

Germany by far one of largest healthcare nations next to Australia has a single payer system and no one has accused either of being Leftist?????