# Study confirms what we all know: Diabetes is expensive!

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/study-confirms-what-we-all-know-diabetes-is-expensive/3817>\
**Category:** D-News\
**Tags:** cost-of-health-care\
**Created:** [March 30, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/study-confirms-what-we-all-know-diabetes-is-expensive/3817 "2018-03-30T14:52:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/study-confirms-what-we-all-know-diabetes-is-expensive/3817/1 "2018-03-30T14:52:51Z")

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[https://www.healio.com/endocrinology/diabetes/news/in-the-journals/{e45ab6d7-a197-432b-a4a8-cb95fe4cca54}/estimated-cost-of-diabetes-tops-327b-in-2017](https://www.healio.com/endocrinology/diabetes/news/in-the-journals/%7Be45ab6d7-a197-432b-a4a8-cb95fe4cca54%7D/estimated-cost-of-diabetes-tops-327b-in-2017)

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**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/study-confirms-what-we-all-know-diabetes-is-expensive/3817/2 "2018-03-30T18:30:33Z")

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Not surprising, and not news, but important that we keep track of it all the same. Every quarter when we fill prescriptions I feel the system has figured out that most diabetics will spend between $150 - $300 a month, and they work to make sure we spend as close to the top as possible.