And don’t forget, with all this processed garbage food, tens of millions in the population are now diabetic. It’s an epidemic.
This is something I’ve been wanting to bring up myself.
With Diabetes, far too often it can cause kidney failure. Once you’re Stage 5, you are automatically enrolled in Medicare, even if you have insurance, since it’s pretty tough to lead a normal life while on dialysis and the cost is astronomical.
Dialysis centers are popping up all over the place these days. Be a good investment.
Which brings me to the point of pre-existing conditions. Pre-ACA, getting insurance with diabetes was almost impossible.
There’s a lot of diabetics coming on line now with a host of health issues in their future. I know some here hate the idea of any kind of government help here, but the fact is, left unchecked, we’ll be paying for them one way or the other in due time.
IMO, we need to address this and just call it what it is, an entitlement. But not helping them find health care to keep their health issues in check will just cost us more in the end.
Late and tired, don’t know if any of that made sense. But it’s been something bugging me since I have family with diabetes and an ex gf who is on dialysis.
That, and I’m borderline stage 4 kidney disease, myself.
I agree. My parent’s generation never had the problem of diabetes like we have today. The problem comes from a increased incidence of obesity that results from the high availability of foods high in sugar and other carbohydrates. What our grandmothers would only cook for a Sunday dinner’s apple pie desert can now come easily from a multitude of sources 24 hours a day. And apple pie is just for starters. I think diabetes is one of the contributors to heart disease.