To pay for a drone strike or a patients cancer treatment?

What if, GOD FORBID we valued the life of every American citizen. What if health care for every citizen was included in the homeland defense budget? Couldn't we argue that the health and well-being of citizens of this country was of the upmost importance? In order to be a successful and productive global power we need to have a health care infrastructure that provides a defense against foreign invaders whether they be illness or a missile strike. Why will the government spend every penny they have against a drone strike or just at the idea of another country having the ability to create a nuclear weapon (the recent crisis in Syria) but they would not help pay for cancer treatments? Our country needs to really question their priorities...