Government run healthcare is fine if your focus is on fixing each and every little boo-boo, however when major healthcare needs are necessary the government run healthcare fails miserably. Are you ready to double the nation's spending in order to supply free health insurance, based on California's plan a national plan would cost roughly 4 trillion dollars annually. California has roughly 8.5% of the nation's population and their plan is estimated to cost 400 billion a year. You do the math.