He's right. And wrong. If you look at the stats from orgs like the UN, you'll find the Scandinavian countries on the top of a lot of positive statistics. But at the same time, you'll find the US on the top of a lot of other statistics. No one in Norway is without health insurance, because the state practically has a monopoly on health care. But at the same time, we have long waiting lines, where people from time to time actually die waiting for necessary surgery. If you need something like orthopedic surgery, you may find yourself being home from work for months before a hospital can find the resources to do it. My fiance has a heart condition that is not too serious, but gives her rythmic problems she avoids with medication. It's treatable once and for all with surgery. She had her file sent from a heart specialist physician to the hospital that would do the surgery, and two months later she recieved a letter from the hospital that she'd been put on a waiting list. Would that happen in the US? Probably not, as far as I know there are no waiting in lines over there if you're insured. In the statistics you'll find that the customer satisfaction percentage is much higher in the US than in the Scandinavian countries. You'll find issues like this in all aspects of the Scandinavian welfare states.
A fun example to pull out of the hat is the employment rate of Somali refugees. The Scandinavian welfare states makes sure that none of the refugees that have gotten to stay are without money or shelter. But at the same time it totally cripples them, and they are turned into lifelong clients of the state. The employment rate is the lowest of any "group". Compared to the US, where the welfare state is not as generous as in Scandinavia, the employment rate of Somalis is significantly higher. State welfare is extremely expensive and destructive to those it's meant to help.