From the New York Times: The Diabetic foot and amputations as a measure of our nation’s health system #ActAgainstAmputation #ALPSlimb #NYT

A tour de force by the NYT’s Nick Kristof

One of the solutions? Expansion of medicare/medicaid services.

This fits so very well with work from our collective team. When foot care was removed during the economic crisis of 2008, diabetic amputation, sepsis and death increased.

When foot care was expanded in Affordable Care Act early adopting states, there was a dramatic– one third– reduction in major amputation in people of color.

We can do better.