[dennisw]

Exactly. The trend he admits to seeing will not be getting smaller (he’s dreaming) it will be permanent and larger. One example would be a diabetes patient who is able to get on Obama care. His-her drain on the insurers mentioned here will not be getting less. It will slowly get greater

BTW diabetes is way up there as far as drains on Medicare and Medicaid. 50% (my guess) of these diabetes cases are created by years of excessive junk food. You see that 300lb woman ahead of you using her EBT card to buy junk food, grape soda, Cheetos, lobster and shrimp. She is mostly likely per-diabetic

[dennisw]

pre-diabetic

[dp0622]

that’s a problem is the unwarranted pity too many working people have for those on Medicaid and welfare and section 8 and snap.. I don’t understand it.

[fatnotlazy]

You're right in that there is a link between poor diet and obesity and the rise in diabetes and pre-diabetes. But the rise may also be due to improved and required testing. Years ago, doctors did not test for diabetes unless there were symptoms such as extreme thirst. They also never checked heart patients for diabetes because they weren't aware of the possible correlation between diabetes and heart disease.

I know because both my parents had heart disease. Yet they were not overweight, nor did they exhibit symptoms of diabetes, so they were never tested. I have diabetes and heart disease, but when I was asked about a family history of diabetes I had to answer, “none, as far as I know.”

As we learn more about the relationship between diabetes and heart disease, and other diseases, you can expect more testing for diabetes and consequently, a reported increase in the number of cases of diabetes.