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It means the cost of Medicare will largely increase as well. This is going to be a huge problem that most people do not realize. Diabetes patients will double over the next two decades.
Why? On what facts do you base your assumption?
Adult onset diabetes can be prevented by the individual taking care of himself – getting the proper amount of exercise and keeping your weight down.
Just my not-so-humble opinion. B)
There are more problems than diabetes. Diabetes is completely treatable and it can be affordable. If you have cancer, then you could go bankrupt going through the treatments and all those expensive doctor visits.
Some of it is genetics though.
I'm sorry, two decades.
I believe he said diabetes because of a recent research experiment that shows the cost in medicare for diabetes will triple over the next decade.