Projected total cost of chronic disease from 2016-2030 in Pennsylvania is $1.7 trillion. In 2015, 7.7 million people in Pennsylvania had at least 1 chronic disease, 3 million had 2 or more chronic diseases. Chronic disease could cost Pennsylvania $81.3 billion in medical costs and an extra $32.2 billion annually in lost employee productivity (average per year 2016-2030). 

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