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People with Diabetes Need Health Care Reform
Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: American Diabetes Association
Sponsored by: American Diabetes Association
There are nearly 24 million children and adults in our country who are living with diabetes and another 57 million have pre-diabetes. Lack of insurance and high health care costs are forcing many people to cut back on - or even go without - doctor visits, medications and diabetes supplies.
Our current health care system fails to ensure access to adequate and affordable health coverage, especially for those living with a chronic health condition like diabetes. Without adequate care, too many suffer needlessly from preventable and costly complications like amputation, blindness, heart and kidney disease.
The current health care system needs to be changed. Health care reform needs to ensure:
- People are not denied coverage because they have diabetes or required to pay higher premiums because of they have a chronic disease
- Health insurance covers basic diabetes needs
- Access to the tools to prevent diabetes
- An end to the racial and ethnic disparities in how diabetes affects Americans
This is the only way to change the future of diabetes in our country. Tell your members of Congress to adopt a health care system that works for people with chronic disease!
Our current health care system fails to ensure access to adequate and affordable health coverage, especially for those living with a chronic health condition like diabetes. Without adequate care, too many suffer needlessly from preventable and costly complications like amputation, blindness, heart and kidney disease.
The current health care system needs to be changed. Health care reform needs to ensure:
- People are not denied coverage because they have diabetes or required to pay higher premiums because of they have a chronic disease
- Health insurance covers basic diabetes needs
- Access to the tools to prevent diabetes
- An end to the racial and ethnic disparities in how diabetes affects Americans
This is the only way to change the future of diabetes in our country. Tell your members of Congress to adopt a health care system that works for people with chronic disease!
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We signed the “People with Diabetes Need Health Care Reform” petition!
# 13,325:
1:52 pm PST, Dec 29,
Barbara Lapidus, California
# 13,324:
8:33 pm PST, Dec 24,
Kyle Henrichs, Montana
# 13,323:
7:29 pm PST, Dec 22,
Michael Hilton, Ohio
I am a diabetic and need to keep my sugar under control. I really can't afford my testing supplies and need help to keep me as healthy as I can
I am a diabetic and need to keep my sugar under control. I really can't afford my testing supplies and need help to keep me as healthy as I can
# 13,322:
10:05 am PST, Dec 20,
Name not displayed, Wisconsin
Everyone deserves help with health care, not just people who don't have pre-existing conditions. What is the difference between having a condition, or discovering you do while you have insurance. Heath care is still needed, regardless.
Everyone deserves help with health care, not just people who don't have pre-existing conditions. What is the difference between having a condition, or discovering you do while you have insurance. Heath care is still needed, regardless.
# 13,321:
3:06 pm PST, Dec 19,
Name not displayed, New York
There are so many people affected by this disease that this is an issue of grave importance.
There are so many people affected by this disease that this is an issue of grave importance.
# 13,320:
7:03 am PST, Dec 19,
Lea Humphrey, Pennsylvania
diabetes is a sad problem. my aunt had to have half of her leg removed and i know others who have had similiar amputations. it reminds me of leprosy...
diabetes is a sad problem. my aunt had to have half of her leg removed and i know others who have had similiar amputations. it reminds me of leprosy...
# 13,319:
4:01 pm PST, Dec 17,
Name not displayed, Illinois
# 13,318:
2:28 pm PST, Dec 16,
Teri Peters-Sheldon, New Hampshire
# 13,317:
8:19 pm PST, Dec 14,
Angelina Crowley, New York
# 13,316:
7:29 pm PST, Dec 13,
Juliana Beckett, Colorado
# 13,315:
9:41 am PST, Dec 13,
Karen Quinn, Tennessee
EVERY CHRONIC DISEASE SHOULD BE TREATED UNIVERSALLY, ALL THE INSURANCE PRACTICES OF EXCLUSION AND INEQUITY MUST BE ELIMINATED FOR EVERYONE.
EVERY CHRONIC DISEASE SHOULD BE TREATED UNIVERSALLY, ALL THE INSURANCE PRACTICES OF EXCLUSION AND INEQUITY MUST BE ELIMINATED FOR EVERYONE.
# 13,314:
9:28 am PST, Dec 13,
Mike Luszcz Jr, Massachusetts
# 13,313:
8:14 am PST, Dec 13,
Caroline Horner, Pennsylvania
My sister has had Type I Diabetes for over 30 years and is uninsured.
My sister has had Type I Diabetes for over 30 years and is uninsured.
# 13,312:
10:07 pm PST, Dec 12,
Name not displayed, California
# 13,311:
5:56 pm PST, Dec 11,
Sara wokan Karl wokan, New York
I am a type 2 diabetic and have health care insurance currently but am concerned every day about the additional cost of supplies and medications as well as the prospect of losing the that insurance. We are retired and on a fixed income. We have both been forced to return to the labor market to meet our expenses.
I am a type 2 diabetic and have health care insurance currently but am concerned every day about the additional cost of supplies and medications as well as the prospect of losing the that insurance. We are retired and on a fixed income. We have both been forced to return to the labor market to meet our expenses.
# 13,310:
3:16 pm PST, Dec 10,
Austin Smith, Colorado
# 13,309:
11:45 am PST, Dec 10,
Name not displayed, Colorado
I am a pwd and have not been able to afford supplemental support such as nutrition counseling and so forth. Luckily for me, I have an informed and caring primary care doctor; and I am comfortable researching topics on my own. However, few PWD's are able to be self advocates with the resources to do so. I'm also tired of having diabetes dismissed as "it's your own fault" disease so "just lose weight, get a new life, whatever. Just don't bother me with it."
I am a pwd and have not been able to afford supplemental support such as nutrition counseling and so forth. Luckily for me, I have an informed and caring primary care doctor; and I am comfortable researching topics on my own. However, few PWD's are able to be self advocates with the resources to do so. I'm also tired of having diabetes dismissed as "it's your own fault" disease so "just lose weight, get a new life, whatever. Just don't bother me with it."
# 13,308:
9:54 am PST, Dec 9,
Name not displayed, Kansas
# 13,307:
12:17 pm PST, Dec 8,
Kayla Baker, Kentucky
# 13,306:
7:55 am PST, Dec 8,
Katherine Philipsheck, California
Many people I know and love have diabetes, please don not make them suffer more than they already do.
Many people I know and love have diabetes, please don not make them suffer more than they already do.
# 13,305:
7:09 am PST, Dec 8,
Jason Chisholm, Michigan
# 13,304:
2:40 pm PST, Dec 7,
JoTasha Traylor, Washington
# 13,303:
9:28 pm PST, Dec 6,
Name not displayed, Indiana
# 13,302:
7:33 pm PST, Dec 6,
Diane Allen, New Jersey
I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes on December 28, 1966 at age 8.
I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes on December 28, 1966 at age 8.
# 13,301:
10:01 am PST, Dec 5,
Joby Tutak, Minnesota
# 13,300:
2:16 pm PST, Dec 4,
Heather Files, Connecticut
# 13,299:
1:05 pm PST, Dec 4,
Name not displayed, California
# 13,298:
8:56 am PST, Dec 2,
John Strait, California
Diabetes must be addressed. Medical care must not be based on an insurance company's bottom line. The heath of our country's people should not be based on how much money they make but on medical need.
Diabetes must be addressed. Medical care must not be based on an insurance company's bottom line. The heath of our country's people should not be based on how much money they make but on medical need.
# 13,297:
4:20 am PST, Dec 2,
Elizabeth Gettins, Florida
# 13,296:
6:21 pm PST, Dec 1,
Thea Whaley, Utah
I have diabetes and it's not fun. Knowing that children will be getting it more than ever is a sad fact. If you don't have insurance your in a dire state. We need a healthcare system that will help to care and cure this disease.
I have diabetes and it's not fun. Knowing that children will be getting it more than ever is a sad fact. If you don't have insurance your in a dire state. We need a healthcare system that will help to care and cure this disease.
# 13,295:
4:02 pm PST, Dec 1,
Tiffany Von Higgins, New York
# 13,294:
3:51 am PST, Dec 1,
Nicolette Pocius, Pennsylvania
# 13,293:
8:19 pm PST, Nov 30,
Catherine Bruce, Virginia
As someone who has diabetes and is now looking for health insurance, I find myself getting quotes of $880 to $3,000 even though I am losing weight and getting healthier. This is wrong.
As someone who has diabetes and is now looking for health insurance, I find myself getting quotes of $880 to $3,000 even though I am losing weight and getting healthier. This is wrong.
# 13,292:
3:44 pm PST, Nov 30,
Patti Davies, Indiana
# 13,291:
11:59 am PST, Nov 30,
Stephanie Todd, Tennessee
# 13,290:
3:19 pm PST, Nov 29,
Richard Robinson, California
# 13,289:
1:47 pm PST, Nov 29,
Sherri Hinkle, Tennessee
# 13,288:
1:02 pm PST, Nov 29,
Natalie Brundred, Michigan
# 13,287:
10:01 pm PST, Nov 28,
G Marie Jacobson, Michigan
# 13,286:
7:32 pm PST, Nov 28,
Andrea Ivey, New York
# 13,285:
6:56 pm PST, Nov 28,
Laura Wurzel, New York
My husband is a Type 2 diabetic. It is a terrible disease. It takes a lot to keep it under control. Doctor visits (PCP, podiatrist, optometrist) are essential to the health of a diabetic. If a person lacks insurance, he or she is open to a series of health problems, if not loss of life. My husband has neuropothy (no feeling in his feet). Due to this condition he fractured his foot a couple of years ago and didn't know it. His foot blew up, he went to his podiatrist and found out it was fractured. He can no longer wear store bought shoes. He has to wear custom made shoes along with orthotics (in addition to 2 braces to keep the bones in his feet from shifting).
My husband is a Type 2 diabetic. It is a terrible disease. It takes a lot to keep it under control. Doctor visits (PCP, podiatrist, optometrist) are essential to the health of a diabetic. If a person lacks insurance, he or she is open to a series of health problems, if not loss of life. My husband has neuropothy (no feeling in his feet). Due to this condition he fractured his foot a couple of years ago and didn't know it. His foot blew up, he went to his podiatrist and found out it was fractured. He can no longer wear store bought shoes. He has to wear custom made shoes along with orthotics (in addition to 2 braces to keep the bones in his feet from shifting).
# 13,284:
10:05 am PST, Nov 28,
Nancy Merrick, Oregon
# 13,283:
9:50 am PST, Nov 28,
Debbie McCarthy, Maine
# 13,282:
1:46 am PST, Nov 28,
William Shakespeare, United Arab Emirates
# 13,281:
4:12 pm PST, Nov 27,
Bekki Lee, Canada
# 13,280:
8:49 am PST, Nov 27,
Name not displayed, New York
I have Diabetes
I have Diabetes
# 13,279:
6:16 am PST, Nov 26,
Ronald Hayes, New Jersey
I am diabetic.
I am diabetic.
# 13,278:
8:14 am PST, Nov 25,
Adrienne Bishop, Virginia
# 13,277:
5:35 am PST, Nov 25,
Name not displayed, Massachusetts
# 13,276:
12:34 am PST, Nov 25,
Rachel Boyd, Washington
# 13,275:
11:09 pm PST, Nov 24,
Annie Harrison, Texas
MY FATHER HAS DIABETES
MY FATHER HAS DIABETES
# 13,274:
6:28 pm PST, Nov 24,
Sophia Kerschbaum, Mississippi
# 13,273:
12:42 pm PST, Nov 24,
Georgia Dodsworth, United Kingdom
# 13,272:
11:25 am PST, Nov 24,
Nicole Taeschler, New York
My sister has Type I Diabetes and I want to make sure she will always have the best health coverage available
My sister has Type I Diabetes and I want to make sure she will always have the best health coverage available
# 13,271:
7:48 am PST, Nov 24,
Pamela Parson, Pennsylvania
# 13,270:
6:28 am PST, Nov 24,
Nancy Juskowich, Pennsylvania
# 13,269:
5:38 am PST, Nov 24,
Robin Powell, North Carolina
# 13,268:
6:15 pm PST, Nov 23,
Mary Robson, California
# 13,267:
4:19 pm PST, Nov 23,
Sandra Oldham, Florida
# 13,266:
12:35 pm PST, Nov 23,
D Mezera, Illinois
# 13,265:
11:49 am PST, Nov 23,
Thomas T. Whitney, Hawaii
I have diabetes as do millions of other Americans. Funding preventive care for chronic diseases is the best way to keep costs down.
I have diabetes as do millions of other Americans. Funding preventive care for chronic diseases is the best way to keep costs down.
# 13,264:
10:18 am PST, Nov 23,
Arthur Foster, New York
# 13,263:
7:48 am PST, Nov 23,
Name not displayed, Minnesota
# 13,262:
5:41 am PST, Nov 23,
Becky Bralek, Ohio
# 13,261:
1:38 pm PST, Nov 22,
Denise Stark, Florida
# 13,260:
12:09 pm PST, Nov 22,
Kevin Hughes, Connecticut
# 13,259:
11:13 am PST, Nov 22,
Jean Sawczyn, Illinois
My nephew is diabetic
My nephew is diabetic
# 13,258:
10:56 am PST, Nov 22,
Carrie Nelson, Wyoming
# 13,257:
9:25 am PST, Nov 22,
Kathleen Sucht, Colorado
# 13,256:
11:25 pm PST, Nov 21,
Joseph Pizzo, New York
As a Type 2 Diabetic, I know better than most than not everyone has employer paid lifetime health coverage as I do. Diabetes is expensive even when under "excellent control" — but its complications can be deadly. No one should lose his/her sight, a limb or healthy kidney function because of failure to cover the preexisting conditions of Juvenile or Type 2 Diabetes.
As a Type 2 Diabetic, I know better than most than not everyone has employer paid lifetime health coverage as I do. Diabetes is expensive even when under "excellent control" — but its complications can be deadly. No one should lose his/her sight, a limb or healthy kidney function because of failure to cover the preexisting conditions of Juvenile or Type 2 Diabetes.
# 13,255:
5:20 pm PST, Nov 21,
Bobby Cosgrove, Michigan
# 13,254:
3:10 pm PST, Nov 21,
Anna Creel, Florida
My daughter has juvenile diabetes.
My daughter has juvenile diabetes.
# 13,253:
2:21 pm PST, Nov 21,
Kelli Williams, Pennsylvania
# 13,252:
12:51 pm PST, Nov 21,
Emily Ogle, Pennsylvania
