Type 2 diabetes is a body metabolic anomaly that makes the blood sugar to increase past normal levels. It is the commonly known form of diabetes and more than 29million people have diabetes. Among them, almost 27million have type 2 diabetes. According to the America Diabetes Association, more than $245billion was utilized in funding diabetes and their related complications in 2012. Despite the high cost, the paramount goal of the “healthy people 2020 program” is to reduce the prevalence of the condition and reduce the economic burden (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011). This paper seeks to highlight on the goals and objectives of the program with regard to the impact of type 2 diabetes on health care costs. An analysis of the
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This increase should be facilitated through Medicare and Medicaid. The government should target minority groups, increase their total per capita income so that they can increase their disposable income. Instead of building more health facilities, which are costly, the program should encourage the upgrading and improvement of public health facilities to allow them offer personalized and quality services especially to diabetes patients in Florida and New York (ranked highest in diabetes prevalence).
Opening social amenities that facilitate playing and engaging in activities that enhance physical health is among the objectives of the program. Such an initiative works on improving physical fitness; hence, reduce the costs involved in preventing, delaying, or curing the medical conditions related to diabetes. To the government, a physically fit population helps in saving on expenditure, which could be spent on Medicaid or Medicare. Saved funds can be channeled on other developmental programs such as “No child left behind” in the education …show more content…
It encourages people to have social pension schemes that help in managing finances especially at early periods when they are still productive such that when they retire, they do not sale personal property to spend on medical care of diabetes. The program encourages children and students to monitor their diets and avoid intakes of fatty and sugary food because firstly such foods are expensive as opposed to organic
This increase should be facilitated through Medicare and Medicaid. The government should target minority groups, increase their total per capita income so that they can increase their disposable income. Instead of building more health facilities, which are costly, the program should encourage the upgrading and improvement of public health facilities to allow them offer personalized and quality services especially to diabetes patients in Florida and New York (ranked highest in diabetes prevalence).
Opening social amenities that facilitate playing and engaging in activities that enhance physical health is among the objectives of the program. Such an initiative works on improving physical fitness; hence, reduce the costs involved in preventing, delaying, or curing the medical conditions related to diabetes. To the government, a physically fit population helps in saving on expenditure, which could be spent on Medicaid or Medicare. Saved funds can be channeled on other developmental programs such as “No child left behind” in the education …show more content…
It encourages people to have social pension schemes that help in managing finances especially at early periods when they are still productive such that when they retire, they do not sale personal property to spend on medical care of diabetes. The program encourages children and students to monitor their diets and avoid intakes of fatty and sugary food because firstly such foods are expensive as opposed to organic