Type 2 Diabetes Program Analysis

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 goals and objectives of the program will be linked to how the programs seek to reduce the impact of high cost of managing diabetes type two conditions. Goals and objectives of the program with regard to the major impacts on health costs Diabetes is a medical condition, which is costly to manage because of the relationship it has with other diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, kidney complications, liver diseases, and cancer among others. In order to reduce the cost of managing the condition, the program ensures that people who are at the risk of contracting the disease are examined at an early time to facilitate management of the condition. It is known that more than 57million Americans are at the risk of suffering from diabetes, but they are not aware of the status (American Diabetes Association, 2014). One of the major mandates of the program is that it seeks to reduce risk factors such as obesity and fat distribution. The rationale behind it is that obesity and distribution of fat within the abdomen increases the prevalence of the victim to other diseases. Notably, the program seeks to encourage children and young youths to eat well-balanced diet and avoid cholesterol rich food. There is the need to monitor glucose levels especially among the adults who are at a higher risk of suffering from diabetes type 2 compared to children. The program seeks increase the number of monitoring equipment that potential victims of diabetes can use to determine their status because the most minority groups have a low income and they should not stretch their medical budget on the low income. Most patients are usually reluctant to adjust to a recommended lifestyle that will favor their medical condition because it is sometime costly to afford recommended diet and adjust to the required lifestyle. For instance, organic foods are costly as compared to fast foods, which are a major risk of diabetes type two. To avoid such situations, the program provides necessary information through community health professions to ensure that diabetes affected people do not incur high cost of managing the condition by suggesting foods or lifestyle to be adopted for a healthy life (Nuovo, 2007). Apart from that, …show more content…
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