I was Type II, I'm glad I was able to reverse it. A lot of bad things can happen with that disease. Not pretty.
Education, and trust in the gov't agencies is what's needed, not a sin tax.

Which assumption?

I have a daughter who has been Type I since she was two (2) as well as a father-in-law (60+) with Type I (since he was ~16), so I hear you. What is also frustrating is how people think Type I and Type II are the same and can be dealt with the same way. (Hint: no on both accounts).

As a type 1 every once in a while I need to make a stop and pick up and obnoxiously sugared up beverage. If you don't have diabetes you cannot even begin to understand the terror around a sudden drop, nor would you believe how often it can happen. Overly sweet beverages with a load of caffeine are my tool of choice when this happens since they get things taken care of very fast. So, what they are saying is that if my blood sugar drops I need to be able to also pay some extra tax since I need ( as in to keep living ) something to fix it.

The same government that still hasn't brought justice to Ayman al-Zawahiri, can't pass a budget much less balance one, can't control who gets into the country, and can't manage a graceful exit from the certain Ponzi-style collapse of Medicare and Social Security instead tackles issues they feel they are capable of producing meaningful results in: ordering around law-abiding citizens with ever increasing regulations and proclaiming irrelevencies such as "May 6 is National Teacher Day".
I'll make them a deal: when you get the big problems solved, let's have a discussion about whether you're even chartered to address these small potatoes. Until then, I'm not impressed with your inability to get your REAL JOB done. Get to work!

They have taxed lifestyle already. They pretty much wiped out the luxury yacht industry, once one of the bigger employers in my county.