class on the beach

this morning we had class discussion on the beach.  we talked about the documentary !Salud! that we all watched last night.  it was about the Cuban healthcare system.  Cuban doctors travel to poor areas in other countries where the doctors there do not want to go.  In America people treat healthcare like a commodity and patients like customers.  In Cuba they teach people how to live healthy lives instead of just treating illness after it has manifested.  The doctors actually go door to door to make sure that kids have had their vaccines and teach exercise classes to promote complete healthy lifestyles.  People, especially in America, want to eat whatever they want and not exercise today without thinking about how it will affect them tomorrow.  They think that if they get sick, they just have to go to the doctor and he will "fix" them.  People in poorer countries may not have access to nutritional food or education about hygiene and exercise.  Health needs to be maintained, there is no "quick fix."  Doctors can be selfish because some are only practicing medicine for the money.  They won't go into poor areas because people cannot afford to pay them.  Cuban doctors went into Honduras to help these poor people but the Honduran doctors actually protested their mission.  The Honduran doctors had no shame is saying that they would rather live in the city in  a big house than help the people who need medical attention.  Health is a basic human right like food and water, without it we would die.  If the government exists to serve and protect its people, shouldn't it take care of them when they are hurt or sick?