In this chapter, Barr provides interesting data that might be otherwise overlooked regarding the relationship between health and social status. I find it downright upsetting that a country that spends so much on healthcare has such poor health compared to that of other highly developed countries. This article supports the idea that healthcare will not completely solve our problems. We cannot simply put more money into the program and expect everybody to live healthier and longer. People of lower socioeconomic status are educated about personal health in a manner different from that in which we are educated. They are more likely to eat low cost food, which translates into low quality and unhealthy food. Thus, what they need beyond healthcare is education. We should not rely on the government to make us healthier by spending more of our money on health insurance. If we go into the world with the attitude that we can eat whatever disgusting foods we like, drink profusely, and smoke like chimneys, simply because the government will pay for our gastric bypasses, liver transplants, and chemotherapies, we will not become any healthier. We will only waste money - our own money - that could be better spent on other things. In order to shrink the disparity in health across socioeconomic classes, we must ensure that people in all classes receive the education needed to take care of themselves.