Why do people say we should copy and paste Canada's health care system?

As I am sure many of you are aware of the on going issues with health care reform in America.

I have heard couple times from people, we should look to see how Canada has their health care system set up.

So my question is why is that?

I know really nothing of how Canada is running things right now, much less Canada’s health care. Can anyone clue me in?

Could we really just “copy and paste” the set-up so to speak?