Wearing Your CPAP Saves You and America Money

Published 30 January 09 09:31 AM | kperkins

The USA is starting a new year full of hope.  Our new President has asked all of us to work together to help make the changes so badly needed to help our country.

CPAP Supply USA.COM wants to do it’s part in helping with one of the major challenges facing us, HEALTH CARE COSTS.  We will strive this year to bring you the best prices possible, products to help you be comfortable and compliant with your therapy and most important, knowledge and education.

 

Did you know that getting the right diagnosis and treatment of your sleep apnea saves millions of healthcare dollars?

   

The health benefits of treating sleep disordered breathing (SDB) are well established.  There has been a substantial increase in health care costs related to diagnosis and treatment of sleep disordered breathing.  Several studies recently performed, have provided supporting evidence of cost justification for the current standards of detecting and treating sleep disorder breathing.

 

Untreated SDB is associated with an increased risk of cardiac disease, diabetes and stroke.  A report by the American Sleep Disorders Association reported that 97 untreated

Sleep apnea patients incurred an excess in hospital costs of $100,000-$200,000 and physician costs doubled. 

 

Another study of 344 patients with a clinical diagnosis of sleep apnea and appropriate treatment were examined for 2 years.  It was proven that in this control group, physician costs decreased by 33%.  Hospital stays decreased by over 50%. 

 

One of the world’s largest trucking companies recently reported an average of 58% savings in health care costs of treated drivers for sleep apnea.  The same company reduced the number of accidents related to fatigue by 30%.  The efforts of this company have made the highways safer for all of us.

 

It is estimated that undiagnosed and untreated sleep apnea may cause $3.4 billion in additional medical costs in the U.S.  The rising cost of healthcare today is one of America’s biggest concerns. 

 

CPAP Supply USA was created to help the uninsured or underinsured Americans get the treatment they need.  To all of our faithful CPAP users, thank you being a good American citizen and doing your part to help the healthcare crisis.

 

CPAPSupplyUSA.com will continue to do their part in providing solutions. 

Continue to wear your CPAP and share your knowledge of sleep apnea with someone that may be suffering from this life threatening illness.

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Comments

# Jeff Burgess/CEO Cpap Supply USA Inc said on January 30, 2009 09:38 AM:

I want to extend our commitment to the community to  do everything in my power to continue to assist with lower prices and more education. I believe that if we all work together we can overcome the challenges we face with ever increasing health care cost

# Vern M. said on February 2, 2009 05:10 PM:

Although there's much more awareness about the debilitating effects of sleep breathing disorders these days, I think the first step in addressing the widespread problem is to have the general public covered for sleep studies.  Even if someone suspected they might have apnea, there's no affordable way to get tested most of the time, even with insurance.  Beyond that, CPAPs aren't always covered either, so the whole process can be way too expensive for a lot of people.

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