Well, if your home is in Nebraska, filling a 500-gallon propane tank (300 gallons if you are at 20% capacity and fill it to 80%) will cost you $562 at current average propane prices per gallon, compared to $397 last year.
Treating obesity and obesity-related conditions costs billions of dollars a year. By one estimate, the U.S. spent $190 billion on obesity-related health care expenses in 2005-double previous estimates.
Our study showed that the average annual cost of government subsidies for the overweight and obese was $3917 per person, with a total annual cost of $35.6 billion. Combined with direct costs, this results in an overall total annual cost of $56.6 billion.