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Cost of Diabetes

November 20, 2008 by Cherie Burbach  
Filed under Diseases & Conditions

Cost of Diabetes

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There is an interesting list of facts and figures related to diabetes from the Associated Press, including this one:
“Total direct and indirect U.S. costs of diabetes are estimated at $218 billion a year.”
Amazing. When non-diabetics hear this figure, they automatically think this is the cost of the general public. But guess what? Figure into that cost what diabetics themselves have to pay for: syringes, insulin (often more than one kind), test strips, testers, and more. Diabetes is a hardship in many ways, and cost is just one.
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