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Diabetes is an expensive problem facing our country today.

In 2006 the Minnesota Legislature passed a new law to get these technologies into use, lowering the cost of treating diabetic wounds.

With medical costs growing at over 15% per year and no end in sight, the legislature is working with organizations, medical providers, insurance companies and ordinary citizens to find new ways to address this problem. Focusing on prevention is a new way of addressing the problem. This involves educating the public about this disease, including how to prevent it or manage it effectively once it starts.

Still, this does not address the problem of healing chronic and diabetic wounds rapidly and in a predictable way once they occur. New technologies are available in many cases but the healthcare payment system is not structured to take advantage of these new tools even though they provide superior outcomes and lower overall cost to the system.

62A.3093, Minnesota Statutes 2006 is now in effect and gives this coverage to every Minnesota person with diabetes under, no matter which healthcare plan they use.

Because of this legislation, we now have the tools to heal these terrible wounds in a predictable time frame, eliminate hundreds amputations each year, lower the cost of treatment and eliminate the need for prosthetics, while giving quality of life back to our seniors who have this disease. Prevention is the best but, rapid healing saves lives!