Obese people generally have lower lifetime healthcare spending. The third knee replacement and a year in assisted living is expensive, and in the US that senior

Obese people generally have lower lifetime healthcare spending. The third knee replacement and a year in assisted living is expensive, and in the US that senior-care cost is primarily borne by the government as opposed to the health insurance paid by the working. Which is why ozempic blows up the federal budget - obese people dying young is a very cheap solution to the problem, and it’s not a cost that’s borne by the government.