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California diabetes crisis fuels debate over prevention and taxes
California faces rising diabetes rates with 9 percent diagnosed and 46 percent prediabetic, hitting low income communities hardest. Advocates push prevention funding and soda taxes to curb costs, while the beverage industry funds lobbying to block measures. The state plans a $5 million Medi-Cal prevention program and CDC based efforts to reduce future diabetes costs.
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California
Bill Manning
Carmel
University of California
American Diabetes Association
Medi-Cal
Department of Public Health
Federal
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
New York
CDC
Joaquin Arambula
Kingsbury
Floranne Cofer
Public Health Advocates
Cofer
Calpers
Medicare
Dean Schillinger
San Francisco
Manning
Lauren Kane
American Beverage Association
America
Beverage Com
Kane
Sacramento
PepsiCo
Coca- Cola
Coca-Cola
Berkeley
Oakland
Richmond