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Diabetes Current-State and Changes to Come Unless you are Cro-Magnon-man and just emerged from a glacial field you are probably aware of some of the 2010 health care reforms. This article reviews how the United States got to be in such poor shape, health-wise and how some provisions of the 2010 reforms will create incremental changes. Since I am nearly finished with my second book, the Russell Guide for Diabetes: Type I or Type II This Could Happen To You , let me share some mind boggling information about this scourge. The American statistics on this disease have a huge impact on government funded health plans, including Medicare and these metrics from the CDC explain why : � The proportion of diagnosed diabetics in the United States has increased by more than 50% since 2007; 17.7 million in 2007 and 25.5 million in 2010 � Fully one third of the U.S. population is expected to be diabetic by 2025; 115 million � In 2010 18.7% of the 25,564,000 U.S. residents diagnosed as diabetic were ...

Private Sector Exemptions from 2010 Health Care Reforms and the Wellness Initiativ e According to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine, 57% of private employer plans are ERISA self insured plans and are exempted from many of the 2010 health insurance coverage mandates, since these plans are not considered insurance. This means most of the large employers out there will continue to manage their own health care programs as they have in the past. Smaller employers will be the ones most impacted by the insurance mandates and often, they are the least able to pay. The federal subsidies help some small employers, but if you have over 25 employees you are required to provide the expensive first dollar coverage and pay a significant portion of the cost. Perhaps the small employers will elect to pay the penalty rather than play in this pool. It is also worth noting that a lot of start-up companies and nonprofit organizations fall into this size category and their funding is quit...