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Table 5 Aggregate total medical spending attributable to levels of obesity and overweight, by payer

From: Changes in healthcare spending attributable to obesity and overweight: payer- and service-specific estimates

 

Insurance Category

Overweight

Obese 1

Obese 2

Obese 3

TOTAL ($ billion)

2016

Medicare

2.3 (2.58) 12.0

3.6 (1.84) 18.8

2.4 (1.16) 12,5

2.3 (0.13) 12.3

 

Medicaid

3.5 (4.31) 6.6

1.9 (2.67) 3.5

2.2 (1.72) 4.2

4.3 (1.50) 8.0

 

Private

1.3 (2.38) 9.4

3.6 (1.33) 25.9

2.9 (0.92) 21.0

2.8 (0.74) 19.9

 
  

48.2

37.7

40.2

126.1

2006

Medicare

−1.4 (2.32) -5.1

3.1 (1.42) 11.1

1.8 (0.79) 6.2

4.0 (1.30) 14.1

 

Medicaid

(2.85) 1.1

2.7 (2.37) 2.7

3.8 (2.47) 3.9

6.8 (2.63) 7.0

 

Private

3.7 (1.78) 21.0

7.0 (1.70) 40.1

4.2 (0.86) 24.2

2.6 (0.53) 15.0

 
  

53.9

34.3

36.1

124.3

  1. Attributable fraction (%) and Total spending ($ billion). Standard error in parentheses
  2. Row totals exclude Overweight, to calculate obesity total spending