I have not really gotten too worked up over the controversial health care debate in America. I do have some opinions, but after seeing much of the developing world’s health care, I am just grateful for what we have. So whether you think we already over subsidize the system or we pay too much to giant insurance companies, one must agree that our accessibility to doctors is a blessing. I spent today with American doctors who are volunteering this week to serve Haiti. I watched the Haitians wait in the scorching sun all day to just get 5 minutes with a doctor. Most had not ever seen a doctor and have been battling chronic disease their entire life. I did not hear anyone demanding better health care, screaming about insurance companies, or shaking their fist at their government. I did not see doctors ask for insurance cards or send the patients off with any bills. What I witnessed today was the purest form of health care our world can provide. Skilled doctors who are doing their job because they love their patients, and sick people who are just grateful that there is someone to take care of them. There is nothing political, and there is nothing financial, but it was all beautiful. I know I am sometimes an idealist, but I just wish that more people’s hearts would be filled with more gratitude and less division and entitlement.




