Diabetes 'epidemic' seen in U.S., Maine
Costs to treat the disease are soaring, while Maine's spending rate on care is 14th among all U.S. states.
WASHINGTON – A new report estimates that the cost of the growing diabetes epidemic in the U.S. increased 41 percent from 2007 to 2012, accounting for $245 billion in spending nationwide last year, including $1.2 billion in Maine.
The study, released Wednesday by the American Diabetes Association, said that Americans diagnosed with diabetes now consume $1 out of every $5 spent on health care and, on average, cost twice as much to care for than people without the disorder.
Diabetes is now one of the main sickness American people are suffering. For the elders who have long term care insurance, this kind of thing is much more manageable. However, for the people who are not insured, they suffer, and even if it consumes only 1$ out of every 5$, still makes ordinary people moan in pain.
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