Health Insurance company still giving free Vitamin D to members who are deficient – Oct 2023

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Oscar Health - was giving Vitamin D in 2018, still giving in 2023

NY, GA, IL, IA, NE, KS, NC, PA, MO, TX, OH, AZ, FL,TN, MI, NJ, VA (34% of states Oct 2023)
Oscar Health focuses on lowered health costs by improving health
They provide many preventive services (not just early detection) for free, such as Vitamin D to the deficient
Google upped their investment in Oscar Health by $375 million in Aug 2018
Oscar still gave free vitamin D to those who are deficient as of Oct 2023
Many poor reviews by customers Sept 2018

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Note: Most health insurance companies pay for prescribed vitamin D supplements

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See also VitaminDWiki

• Employer alliance is trying to reduce the cost of health care – Aug 2017
• How employers can save a million dollars per 1,000 pregnancies
• Reducing fractures with Vitamin D and Calcium saves 3 dollars for 1 dollar invested – Europe Feb 2017
• Increasing the vitamin D level of all Canadians to 40 ng would save 6 to 18 billion dollars a year – Grant Nov 2016

Hospital

• Chance of dying in hospital cut in half by just 10 ng higher level of Vitamin D – April 2016
• 18 fewer hospital days if given 500,000 IU of vitamin D while ventilated in ICU – RCT June 2016
• Children stayed in ICU 3.5 days longer if low vitamin D – Dec 2015
• Heart attack ICU costs cut in half by Vitamin D – Oct 2018
• ICU cost reduced by at least 27,000 dollars if get high dose vitamin D in first week - April 2017

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Perhaps $4,000/year less health care costs if supplement with $5/year of Vitamin D

• Perhaps 4,000 dollars annual less health care costs if supplement with 5 dollars of Vitamin D 15,000 Veterans, 7,000 Germans
  

One pill every two weeks gives you all the vitamin D most adults need

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Reduction of health problems when go from 20 ng (which is typical) to optimal

Grassroots Health Aug 2018

80%	less breast cancer
63%	fewer broken bones
50%	less type 2 diabetes
40-60%	fewer preterm births
12%	lower pain levels

• Chart of Vitamin D levels vs disease - Grassroots Health June 2013
  
• Pregnancy problems 2015
  

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