Overweight elderly Americans contribute to financial burdens of the US health care system
Friday, July 25, 2008 - 13:56
in Health & Medicine
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.