In Oklahoma, 11.4% of adults over age 18 have been diagnosed with diabetes. “With over 450,000 Oklahomans (living) with diabetes, and another 25% suspected with diabetes or pre-diabetes, the state ranks in the bottom five for diabetes and diabetes care,” says Jed Friedman, Ph.D., director of the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center; vice-provost for diabetes programs; and professor of physiology, biochemistry and pediatrics-endocrinology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. “The costs of medications, particularly for those without insurance, continues to be a concern here in Oklahoma.”