{"id":20106,"date":"2022-08-19T08:39:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T12:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=20106"},"modified":"2022-08-19T08:39:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T12:39:38","slug":"va-supports-veterans-who-have-type-2-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=20106","title":{"rendered":"VA supports Veterans who have Type 2 diabetes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source -news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One in four Veterans live with type 2 diabetes. That\u2019s more than double the rate for the general population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For many, the diagnosis can be life changing. It can mean a lifetime of medication, painful injections, work issues and side effects. Lester, a Veteran of the Army Reserve and Army National Guard, recalls hearing the news that he had type 2 diabetes: \u201cIt felt like a life sentence. I was scared,\u201d he said.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/107579\/va-supports-veterans-who-have-type-2-diabetes\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/107579\/va-supports-veterans-who-have-type-2-diabetes\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"72\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 300px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source -news.va.gov) One in four Veterans live with type 2 diabetes. That\u2019s more than double the rate for the general<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-telehealth","category-veterans-benefits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20107,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20106\/revisions\/20107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}