Free Healthcare for Everyone?

So, here's a disclaimer: I'm not a fan of Michael Moore or his work, therefore this opinion is quite biased :) I was reading some of the latest news regarding his new movie "Sicko" coming out which promotes Universal Healthcare in the U.S. and I stumbled across an interview (you can read the whole thing here) in which he is quoted saying the following:

We're plagued with an every-man-for-himself attitude. That attitude may have been good in helping us build this country and helping us become the innovators that we are. But we won't make it through the 21st century intact as a great country if we don't adopt a different ethos that says we're all in the same boat. We sink or swim together. We have to help each other.

Isn't this the same thing as saying "We've been doing something right for a very long time and it has gotten us to be the great country that we are. It's time to change." If so, that seems a little bit off. What good are we without innovation?