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>Undiagnosed sleep apnea affects more than 23.5 million people in the US alone, leading to $150B of wasted medical spend every year.

What do they mean by "wasted medical spend" here?

(1) Patients incorrectly spending money on a misdiagnosis, or (2) apnea solution providers not making money off people when they could?

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(OP here) a third category: downstream complications of sleep apnea, primarily car crashes and heart attacks. Diagnosing and treating people with undiagnosed sleep apnea would prevent these entirely, which is obviously much healthier for the person and reduces medical cost for the entire system (including the patient themselves for co-pays, taxpayers for government costs, etc).

Thanks, I think it would be informative if you put this spelling out in the article. People like myself not immersed in health fields won't immediately know what you mean without it.

Just updated the article to spell that out. Thanks for the feedback!

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