Health care spending rises dramatically for privately insured children with diabetes

Health care spending for privately insured children with diabetes has seen a sharp year-over-year rise between 2011 and 2013, due in part to increased out-of-pocket spending and the rising cost of branded insulin, according to study data from the Health Care Cost Institute.Per capita spending on children with diabetes rose 7% from 2011 to 2012 and 9.6% from 2012 to 2013, the largest increase of any age group with the disease, according to the report.