Overweight Elderly Americans Contribute To Financial Burdens Of The US Health Care System

Being overweight or obese is not only a personal issue that affects one’s health but is also a public health issue that impacts other people in society. A new study in the journal Health Services Research reveals that the extra Medicare cost associated with overweight elderly people could place a significant financial burden on tax payers, costing up to hundreds of billions of dollars across the entire current Medicare population.

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Filed under: Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare on July 31st, 2008