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Do you provide a diabetes-friendly workplace?
You probably know someone at your company who has diabetes. But there are probably even more employees you aren’t aware of because they’re hiding it or they haven’t been diagnosed.
In fact, more than 37.3 million U.S. adults have diabetes, and 23% (8.5 million) don’t know they have it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Diabetes Statistics Report.
It’s the No. 1 cause of kidney failure, lower-limb amputations and adult blindness, and the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S.
And in the last 20 years, the number of adults diagnosed with diabetes has more than doubled, reports the CDC.
When you take all these statistics to heart and think about the toll it takes on employees’ health, the cost of providing healthcare coverage must be considered, too.
That may seem like an insensitive statement, but it’s not. Businesses exist to make money. What’s insensitive is not caring about employees and helping them be healthier versions of themselves.
Healthier employees mean lower healthcare costs overall.
“Preventing type 2 diabetes and managing diabetes effectively is a smart business move for both you and your employees,” says the CDC.
So what can employers do to help employees with diabetes?
Heathcare coverage is vital to people with diabetes – employees and their dependents. To provide the best coverage you can, The diaTribe Foundation, a nonprofit whose mission is to improve the lives of people with diabetes, suggests:
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