Ridiculous. On many fronts. But re the religion aspect, your contention that religion has a "stronghold on the US" and "has a "LOT to do with why many Americans don't accept universal healthcare" simply shows how little worldly experience you have and how naive you are about how our country operates. I have to assume you're not from the United States. You certainly sound like an arrogant foreigner.
The immigrants flooding our borders, including the hundreds of thousands of Canadians, want better opportunities, which they will get here. If Canada was some utopia they would lead the world in immigration. But it isn't and they don't. We do.
The immigrants who come here with no health insurance can get coverage depending on where they live, who they work for, etc. If they come to Hawaii, they will have "free" health insurance for themselves if they get a full-time job. If they can't get a job, there is state and federally funded care available.
Arrogant foreigner... I like that one, especially since my family has been cross polinating with your kind for eons...or rather, for some reason you all have seem to keep coming up and sweeping our women folk off their feet. Actually, I live among you, but far enough away that you and I will never have to argue in person.
How could Canada possibly lead in immigration? The weather sucks and a large part of the country is inhabitable... but for the size and scope of the country it does well on that front. And I was only reminding you that since healthcare coverage is a choice in the US, many immigrants apparently "chose" not to cover themselves. I have personally always been employed, and so my ass is covered either way... I personally see the benefits of both systems, although they are very different. I just find it hilarious that people like you and headhunter think the world will drop out of the sky if you got universal healthcare. Most of you don't even know what it entails or how it works.
I'm on my way out the door, so don't have time to cover the religion aspect, but it's fairly obvious to most outsiders that religion does have a stronghold in your country, it's an anomoly actually... and that's why some governmental functions you'd see in other westernized (socialist, fascist) countries are still handled by organized religious institutions in the US.