Caring for diabetes and related conditions consumes about 1/7 of all US healthcare spending (could be a little more or less depending on how you count).
http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-statistics/cost-of-diabetes...
The vast majority of type-2 diabetes cases could be prevented with better eating habits. If the incidence of preventable chronic diseases was greatly reduced, healthcare costs would be so low that we wouldn't be arguing over how to pay for it.
Caring for diabetes and related conditions consumes about 1/7 of all US healthcare spending (could be a little more or less depending on how you count). http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-statistics/cost-of-diabetes... The vast majority of type-2 diabetes cases could be prevented with better eating habits. If the incidence of preventable chronic diseases was greatly reduced, healthcare costs would be so low that we wouldn't be arguing over how to pay for it.