I'm not surprised, but eliminating those costs isn't as simple as eliminating diabetes. If diabetes is cured tomorrow, those costs don't just disappear, they get remapped to whatever other health complications and end-of-life events those people run into instead of diabetes. Then it gets complicated even further when you compare the impact to working years vs retiree years, and the resulting default rates and bankruptcies.
Diabetes can represent a massive chunk of healthcare spending, and also be an inexpensive patient outcome relative to many alternatives. Both can be true at the same time.
Diabetes can represent a massive chunk of healthcare spending, and also be an inexpensive patient outcome relative to many alternatives. Both can be true at the same time.