Cost Of Arthritis Dramatically Increases, Reaching $128 Billion Annually

... Forty-six million Americans are currently living with arthritis, the nation's leading cause of disability, and paying a high price for it. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced that the annual cost of arthritis to the United States economy was $128 billion in 2003 and increased by $20 billion between 1997 and 2003. [click link for full article] ...