United Healthcare Diabetes

Temperatures so it can record c1 3 gdk fs lotto mm:jackpot amounts november 26, 2020 $214 million friday $216 million saturday adlib on full wx speaker 1: united healthcare is dedicating to helping people live healthier lives and making the healthcare system better for everyone just by simplifying the healthcare experience, meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and of course, those trusted relationships with healthcare advisors and providers.

Today, we're so lucky to be with dr. michelle buckner.

She is with united healthcare, the chief medical officer.

Thank you so much for being with us today.

Dr. michelle bu...: thank you for hosting me today.

Speaker 1: well, dr. buckner, today we're talking a very serious problem.

It's serious across the entire nation, but especially here in kentucky.

Diabetes.

Are people in kentucky being affected more by this disease than elsewhere?

Dr. michelle bu...: yeah.

According to america's health rankings, which is the source compiled by united health foundation, 13% of adult kentuckians have diabetes.

So especially during this pandemic, we're concerned that everyone's addressing their wellness and that we are helping to provide support and resources to vulnerable populations.

Speaker 1: when you talk about vulnerable populations, are there people who are more apt to be getting prediabes, which eventually could go to ividualss ichelle bu...: yeah.

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