Comments on: The Rising Cost of Diabetes http://www.newenglandclassic.org/2008/01/23/the-rising-cost-of-diabetes/ A Tour de Cure cycling event to benefit the American Diabetes Association Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:14:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: cycling.finial.com » Blog Archive » Cheating Destiny : Living with Diabetes, America’s Biggest Epidemic by James S. Hirsch. http://www.newenglandclassic.org/2008/01/23/the-rising-cost-of-diabetes/#comment-53 cycling.finial.com » Blog Archive » Cheating Destiny : Living with Diabetes, America’s Biggest Epidemic by James S. Hirsch. Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:01:48 +0000 http://www.newenglandclassic.org/2008/01/23/the-rising-cost-of-diabetes/#comment-53 [...] this while realizing that the newly released figures on the cost of this disease is now pegged at 174 billion (with a b) dollars per year (in the US only), an increase of over $40B in just five [...] [...] this while realizing that the newly released figures on the cost of this disease is now pegged at 174 billion (with a b) dollars per year (in the US only), an increase of over $40B in just five [...]

]]> By: Bernard Farrell http://www.newenglandclassic.org/2008/01/23/the-rising-cost-of-diabetes/#comment-49 Bernard Farrell Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:27:57 +0000 http://www.newenglandclassic.org/2008/01/23/the-rising-cost-of-diabetes/#comment-49 These are big figures and they're a little hard to try and imagine. If you take the US population at about 300 million people (World Factbook 2007) and assuming the $174 billion figure is accurate then the cost of diabetes was about $580 for EVERY person in the US. If you've got a family of four, the effective cost to your family was about $2,320 last year. If a cure was actually found for diabetes, that much extra money could be put into other things that would help the US in many ways. It's fairly mind-boggling. These are big figures and they’re a little hard to try and imagine.

If you take the US population at about 300 million people (World Factbook 2007) and assuming the $174 billion figure is accurate then the cost of diabetes was about $580 for EVERY person in the US.

If you’ve got a family of four, the effective cost to your family was about $2,320 last year.

If a cure was actually found for diabetes, that much extra money could be put into other things that would help the US in many ways.

It’s fairly mind-boggling.

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