Obesity Drives Medicare Costs

Researchers in Atlanta have found that our Medicare costs (read: taxpayer money) is on the same upward path as our expanding national waist line.  As they say in their article in Health Affairs online, the cause seems to be that more and more people are reaching Medicare age / eligibility in an obese condition.  That means they are bringing pre-existing chronic disease conditions with them.

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