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Richard Blumenthal: “The costs of this disease in Connecticut and elsewhere are staggering. Two-hundred-and-sixteen thousand people in…”

On the recordJuly 9, 2013
The costs of this disease in Connecticut and elsewhere are staggering. Two-hundred-and-sixteen thousand people in Connecticut alone have diabetes, which costs a total of $2.92 billion.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal highlights the financial burden of diabetes in Connecticut.

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