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> An ounce of prevention really is worth a pound of cure. We have the technology. The cure is cheap. It's criminally insane that the US doesn't make life-savin

> An ounce of prevention really is worth a pound of cure. We have the technology. The cure is cheap. It's criminally insane that the US doesn't make life-saving or life-bettering drugs more available for free.

bigmattystyles 5y ago
Yes, but isn't the real 'cure' in modifying our diets so it doesn't happen in the first place? At this point, tax and put warnings on sugar and carb-rich foods. Use the revenue to subsidize healthier foods to offset the regressive effect of a sugar/carb tax. I know about food deserts and fresh food availability, but the real way to fix this issue is upstream from already having diabetes.
- pwinnski 5y ago
  You seem to be confusing Type I and Type II diabetes, a pretty common error. Insulin of the sort referenced in this article is used primarily for Type I diabetes, which has little or nothing to do with sugar or carb-rich foods.
  - s1artibartfast 5y ago
    The top-level post was about combined rates in the US, so I think they were commenting on that. Type II rates in the US is about 20X that of Type I
    - pwinnski 5y ago
      The linked article mentions Type I specifically also: "The annual cost of insulin for people with Type 1 diabetes in the U.S. nearly doubled from $2,900 in 2012 to $5,700 in 2016, according to the most recent data available from the Health Care Cost Institute." Insulin of this type is used primarily to treat Type I diabetes.
      - s1artibartfast 5y ago
        Right, but the top level post was talking about the different but related topic of overall diabetes prevalence.
  - missedthecue 5y ago
    I was talking about combined rates, not just diabetes treated with the insulin generics discussed in the link.
    - pwinnski 5y ago
      How is modifying our diets a "cure" for Type I diabetes? The only "cure" I know about for Type I diabetes is insulin, the subject of TLA and as far as I can tell, the subject of GP's comment also. Your comment appears to be the first introducing the idea of diet, which suggests that maybe, as I said, you're confusing diet-related Type II diabetes (not the subject of the article) with Type I diabetes (the subject of the article).
  - wang_li 5y ago
    If we could solve the type 2 diabetics it would reduce the number of people living with it by 90%.
lm28469 5y ago
The market is self regulating don't worry ;)

bigmattystyles 5y ago

Yes, but isn't the real 'cure' in modifying our diets so it doesn't happen in the first place? At this point, tax and put warnings on sugar and carb-rich foods. Use the revenue to subsidize healthier foods to offset the regressive effect of a sugar/carb tax. I know about food deserts and fresh food availability, but the real way to fix this issue is upstream from already having diabetes.

pwinnski 5y ago
You seem to be confusing Type I and Type II diabetes, a pretty common error. Insulin of the sort referenced in this article is used primarily for Type I diabetes, which has little or nothing to do with sugar or carb-rich foods.
- s1artibartfast 5y ago
  The top-level post was about combined rates in the US, so I think they were commenting on that. Type II rates in the US is about 20X that of Type I
  - pwinnski 5y ago
    The linked article mentions Type I specifically also: "The annual cost of insulin for people with Type 1 diabetes in the U.S. nearly doubled from $2,900 in 2012 to $5,700 in 2016, according to the most recent data available from the Health Care Cost Institute." Insulin of this type is used primarily to treat Type I diabetes.
    - s1artibartfast 5y ago
      Right, but the top level post was talking about the different but related topic of overall diabetes prevalence.
- missedthecue 5y ago
  I was talking about combined rates, not just diabetes treated with the insulin generics discussed in the link.
  - pwinnski 5y ago
    How is modifying our diets a "cure" for Type I diabetes? The only "cure" I know about for Type I diabetes is insulin, the subject of TLA and as far as I can tell, the subject of GP's comment also. Your comment appears to be the first introducing the idea of diet, which suggests that maybe, as I said, you're confusing diet-related Type II diabetes (not the subject of the article) with Type I diabetes (the subject of the article).
- wang_li 5y ago
  If we could solve the type 2 diabetics it would reduce the number of people living with it by 90%.

lm28469 5y ago

The market is self regulating don't worry ;)