It works well in Canada... if you love rationed health care and long waiting lists to see your doctor.
All Bill Maher had to do was go to or talk to people in the Niagara area or Detroit.
Ask about:
* The Premee's that gent sent to the US, because they don't have the Hi-tech to care for them and if the parents have a Marijuana possession flag on their record, they can't visit.
* Or that fact in Windsor, they have an Ambulance on the ready that the border guys will whisk through as they take heart patients over to Detwaa because they can't treat them.
* Or how their is almost ( was ) a medical tourism Industry forming in Michigan and Canadians and Brit's came her to get fixed what their Fubar'd systems couldn't do for them.
One very important caveat to go along with your comment; "IF you have a reasonable alternative south of your border where you can go when you really need medical care NOW."
We have Mexico south of our border.
Canada abd Europe tax the healthcare costs out offood, goods, and services.