Three-fourths of patients with type 2 diabetes were able to stop taking medications six months after undergoing bariatric surgery -- and almost 85% no longer needed drug treatment at two years -- cutting their healthcare costs, according to a review of health insurance records.Let's do the numbers.
The analysis of insurance claims data for more than 2,200 adults with type 2 diabetes who underwent bariatric surgery found that -- despite the $30,000 median price tag for the procedure and hospitalization -- the surgery also saved money in the long run, Martin A. Makary, MD, of Johns Hopkins, and co-authors reported...
The patients' total healthcare expenditures averaged $6,376 per year in the one to two years prior to surgery. In the first year after surgery, expenditures increased by 9.7% ($616) then decreased by 34.2% ($2,179) in the second year, and by 70.5% ($4,498) in the third postoperative year.
They spent $30K to "save" $6061 three years out. (616 + (2179) + (4498)) = 6061)
This is a net loss of $23,939.
In addition, there are no data to suggest that the "savings" will continue.
This is dissembling in its lowest manifestation.
The only way to save money is to not get fat and if you do, lose the weight naturally.
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