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Feds Approve Y's Diabetes Program Despite Drug Maker Opposition

  • November 03, 2016

More than a quarter of people age 65 and older in the U.S. have diabetes or prediabetes, and it’s a growing epidemic as Baby Boomers age-in to the Medicare insurance program. Desperate to find ways of stemming this disease, federal Medicare regulators have approved a payment schedule for a YMCA diabetes prevention program. It’s a program that doesn’t involve drugs, and the drug industry is furious, USA Today reports. The goal of the new payment program, which combines...