Employees with Diabetes Cost More than $22,000 a Year

Employees with Diabetes Cost More than $22,000 a Year. The ADA asserts that one out of every five healthcare dollars is spent caring for someone with diagnosed diabetes, while one in 10 health care dollars is attributed directly to diabetes. Some 24 million people in the U.S. have diabetes and 24% are undiagnosed. Another 57 million are considered pre-diabetic, ADA research suggests, with about a fourth unaware of their condition. UnitedHealthcare data