The capture and control of Canada was Americas prime objective, the defense of it was the British/Canadian one. Right?
Also, this "still flying old glory!" is the exact reason I mentioned the Vietnam example. Just because the enemy doesn't raze your cities and annihilate your people doesn't mean you don't lose.
Anyway, I'm not going to pretend I know all about this war; my understanding of it was what I have already said, and that it ended with a peace treaty where everybody got their land back and the US was allowed to fish in some river.
Back to Health Care!
What AChimp said about wait times being the major problem is true here too. In fact it's going to be true to any public health system running at the moment I'd wager. Relying on the government to provide those MRI machines can be frustrating, but having one overworked machine is better than none for most people, and I would be much more frustrated knowing I had no security should some sort of accident befall me. I honestly have trust in the Australian health system to look after me when I get sick/injured. I don't pay extra for private health because of that trust, and so far it's going well for me.
I'm happy for the guy with the nail through his skull to skip ahead of me in the Emergency line. I can see people thinking that more money means working harder, means more rewards means more chance of surviving an accident, though. I guess I just don't see it that way.