If I read out constitution right, the Surgeon General can not make laws all by himself. It is up to the congress and the president to instigate socialized health care or anything else. You should be venting at the congress and the voters, not Dr Gupta.
Of course the Surgeon General can’t make laws! But it sure helps to have someone of “authority” to help you push your own Universal Health Care Agenda, approved by the Surgeon General!