Severe Obesity In Adults Cost State Medicaid Programs Nearly $8 Billion In 2013

Posted on November 30, 2015 - Peer-Reviewed

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Severe Obesity In Adults Cost State Medicaid Programs Nearly $8 Billion In 2013.
Wang YC, Pamplin J, Long MW, Ward ZJ, Gortmaker SL, Andreyeva T.
Health Affairs, 34, no. 11 (2015):1923-31.

Approximately 11 percent of the cost of severe obesity was paid for by Medicaid, 30 percent by Medicare and other federal health programs, 27 percent by private health plans, and 30 percent out of pocket.

Reused with permission from Project HOPE/Health Affairs. DataGraphic “Focusing On Obesity.” Health Affairs (Millwood) 2015. Vol. 34, No. 11, 1808-1809 is archived and available online at www.healthaffairs.org.