[ciupicri]

Isn't the treatment paid by the patients?

[derpmeister]

That's only a fraction of the costs involved. For one, today’s diabetes patients are tomorrows alzheimer patients.

[derleth]

> today’s diabetes patients are tomorrows alzheimer patients

... possibly. Or they could be tomorrow's cancer patients, or tomorrow's stroke patients, or tomorrow's jack-knifed tractor trailer across three lanes of traffic patients. All those can happen to people without diabetes, too, though; it's part of living.

[derpmeister]

Sure, I get that. But diabetes and Alzheimer’s are actually related:

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/bittman-is-a...