Blair House Summit: Sen. John Barrasso said Americans just need to be Better Consumers

Blair House Summit

Here’s the exchange between President Obama and Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY). Barrasso said that Americans simply need to be better health care consumers and that the US has the best health care system in the world.

The World Health Organization ranks the US 37th of all countries and dead last when compared to other industrialized nations. According to a September 2009 report, the US health care system is number one in per capita spending, 39th in infant mortality, 3rd for adult female mortality, 42nd for adult male mortality, and 36th for life expectancy.¹