"All I'm saying is let's take the example of something like diabetes, one of --- a disease that's skyrocketing, partly because of obesity, partly because it's not treated as effectively as it could be. Right now if we paid a family -- if a family care physician works with his or her patient to help them lose weight, modify diet, monitors whether they're taking their medications in a timely fashion, they might get reimbursed a pittance. But if that same diabetic ends up getting their foot amputated, that's $30,000, $40,000, $50,000 -- immediately the surgeon is reimbursed. Well, why not make sure that we're also reimbursing the care that prevents the amputation, right? That will save us money."

I think Obama misspoke, and obviously his remarks should be clarified (and the figures corrected, if need be). However, if you look at the context, and you look at the "facts" (interesting how the surgeons association picked the higher figure), the overall cost does turn out to be in the range that Obama indicated, which is about $38,000, according to the Amputee Coalition of America

I have no time to verify those numbers but they dont look that out of whack and in line with what Obama actually said, not with what the ACS thinks he said.

C'mon alcaray, drag knuckles harder!