My grandmother was diagnosed in 1967 with type 2. There was no anesthesia that was safe for diabetics then, she had an abscess in her leg and had to have live awake surgery tied down with no pain killers. Rent for a house in Chicago was $89 and minimum wage was $1.00. Today rent for the same neighborhood is $1200.(That house burned down) My grandmother was the exceptional diabetic, she NEVER cheated. She would chop her lettuce every day in order to measure it. She ate on time for every meal and lived to age 88. The pain from the surgery in 67 was her moment of choice to live by the rules. Her diabetes wasn't from weight it was more likely from having suffered from Scarlet Fever as a child. Just like there aren't any nickle movies the cost for everything rises with demand. When I hear some tort reform being bandied about as well as universal care then I might drop my suspicion a bit.