Mm-hmm.

So there are downstream costs to avoiding or, or deciding not to treat obesity, including disability, including, uh, patients not... not patients, but employees not coming to work.

There's so many other costs that are associated with not treating obesity.

And at the end of the day, what are you telling your employee when you decide, "Hey, we're not gonna cover your health"? Um, so I think keeping all of those in mind are important for our policymakers Um, in my experience, um, Alisha and I both have had the opportunity of visiting Capitol Hill and speaking with representatives, and what I've recognized and learned is that there's a great opportunity for education.

Um, there's a lot of language about cost, but not a ling- a lot of language about education and explaining how important it is for, that we're treating people.

And, and, and showing them and, and giving them examples of how we can change someone's life, and therefore change the lives of their family members and everyone associated with them as a community if we just approach this as a disease that deserves the treatment that is equitable to any other chronic condition.

Um, anything to add to that, Tracy?

Yeah.