With men, diabetes increases the risk for heart disease two-to threefold. Data also show that women with diabetes are more likely than men with the disease to have poor blood glucose control, be obese, and have high blood pressure and unhealthy cholesterol levels.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the U.S. governmentâs principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
Health Policy Brief: Essential Health Benefits. A new Health Policy Brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation looks at essential health benefitsâthe core packages of benefits that so-called âqualifiedâ health insurance plans must provide beginning in 2014.