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.
Definitions for common health insurance terms. essential benefits. DEFINITION: Beginning in 2014, under the Affordable Care Act, all health insurance policies sold in state health insurance exchanges and off exchange must cover what physicians and consumer advocates call essential health benefits or essential benefits.