AMA sees cost of heart disease tripling by 2030

By Reuters
Posted Jan. 24 at 11:14 a.m.

The costs of heart disease in the United States will triple between now and 2030 to more than $800 billion a year, a report commissioned by the American Heart Association predicted Monday.

Treating high blood pressure will be the most expensive part of the cost, rising to $389 billion by 2030, the report projects, with overall heart disease rising by 10 percent by then.

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