It is unconstitutional for the federal government to run healthcare. The MOST they can legally do is pass laws allowing for interstate insurance, etc.  People seem to be under the mistaken opinion that government provided healthcare is a "right." NOTHING that is required to be provided by someone else is a "right."  The government cannot GRANT rights.  (They CAN take $$ from the taxpayers wallets at the point of a gun and "redistribute" it to whichever "victim" group they are pursuing as a voting bloc at the moment).  Nowhere in the Bible do either the Jews, or the Christians, look to the government to provide for the sick and poor.  THAT is an individual, personal, charitable responsibility of "the people, NOT the government.  One needs look no further than the VA system to see what the federal government does to a healthcare system.  (And that's for those who have forfeited and/or suffered in government service!)