No, I make no direct connection to health care specifically. But as we are all good students of history, we can draw some conclusions. Although granted, the North Korean regime - and I think they even distort the term regime - are less than stable and probably cause the Chinese as many fits as Benny in Israel does to Barry in DC.
However, there is no doubt that the world view of the current administration is a bit different than the past Republican AND Democrat administrations. Like the Carter administration, the focus has been domestic and more left than ever, and the international has been somewhat unique. There have been approaches made to less than friendly regimes, and snubs of traditional allies, along with domestic deficit spending that are completely unsustainable.
In short, we are ass-deep in the middle east, over-extended militarily, broke a thousand times over, in hock for generations to China and Japan, and economically following a less than sustainable mindset.
If you had territorial ambitions, now would be a great time to challenge a pacifistic and bankrupt regime.
And, I would never suggest we beat North Korea with one hand tied behind our backs. They took Seoul. They massacred the Frozen Chosin. They pretty much beat the US until Inchon which was a crap shoot. And they have a big mean best friend that helped out last time, and they can do a hell of a lot worse now. And, oh yeah, THEY OWN US.