While Norway population is 98% less than that of the US, its healthcare expenditure per capita is only 35% less than that of the US. That’s if you consider the effect of inflation. Without that effect Norway and the US are roughly neck and neck when it comes to healthcare expenditure per capita. That means if you want to reach the high level of healthcare services Norwegian benefit then you will have to spend more money than Norway holding everything else equal. So, whenever a politician tells you he wants the US healthcare system to be similar to the one in Norway you must find out how much it will cost and ask him how he will pay for it.