Colorado Caps Insulin Cost

[Gman]

I was scanning the news and came across this little nugget:
Health paradox: New U.S. diabetes cases fall as obesity rises

NEW YORK — The number of new diabetes cases among U.S. adults keeps falling, even as obesity rates climb, and health officials aren't sure why.

New federal data released Tuesday found the number of new diabetes diagnoses fell to about 1.3 million in 2017, down from 1.7 million in 2009.

Earlier research had spotted a decline, and the new report shows it's been going on for close to a decade. But health officials are not celebrating.

"The bottom line is we don't know for sure what's driving these trends," said the lead author of the new report, Dr. Stephen Benoit of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Among the possibilities: Changes in testing and getting people to improve their health before becoming diabetic.

Like many things in this world, the really 'smart' people already knew the answer, only to find out that they really didn't.

As to rising costs...



I've known doctors to stop taking insurance and going to a cash business to greatly reduce patient costs. When you cut out all of the reporting requirements, costs drop significantly.