The cost of diabetes continues to rise – both is dollars and lives.
The number of Americans with diabetes will nearly double in the next 25 years, and the costs of treating them will triple, according to a new report. The figures, in a University of Chicago report released Friday, add fuel to the congressional debate regarding reining in the cost of health care. By 2034, 44.1 million Americans will be living with diabetes — nearly twice the current number of 23.7 million, according to the report, published in the December issue of the journal Diabetes Care. About 90 percent of those with diabetes have type 2, a version of the condition that develops over time. – From CNN