To me it looks like the US and the UK are already going that way. I've heard plenty of complaints from NHS employees (some of whom are moving to better countries), and that seems to be my impression of school employees in the UK (based on some media reports). I've seen some similar reports from US teachers - the medical system there has a completely different model so isn't really comparable though.
Then those smaller countries who are going in the opposite direction get criticised for being too socialistic or having high living expenses. (But there's a lot less poverty and everything works better so feel free to make your own conclusions...)