High cost of diabetes cited in Congressional report
Congressman T J Cox released a report recently on the economic burden diabetes has on the21st District that he represents including Kings
County •14,000 seniors and Medicare beneficiaries in District 21 are diagnosed with diabetes.•Families pay $1,240 annually out-of-pocket for insulin.•25% of patients with diabetes have rationed their insulin.•In the district, the top 50 diabetes medications cost the Medicare program and beneficiaries approximately $12.1 million in 2016.
•There are an estimated 75,000 uninsured residents in the district.
“The high prices of prescription diabetes drugs in the United States place a significant economic burden on both taxpayers and patients, including Medicare beneficiaries and uninsured patients in the 21st Congressional District of California,” the report concluded.