What role did the American Diabetes Association play in enacting the new law?
Throughout the health care reform debate, the American Diabetes Association fought hard to ensure that reform benefited the nearly 24 million people with diabetes and the 57 more with prediabetes. We collected stories from people with diabetes who have suffered because they did not have access to affordable health care. We met with legislators to make sure those stories were heard, and we worked with congressional staff to ensure that the smallest of details in the thousand-page bills would protect and not harm people with and at-risk for diabetes. Diabetes advocates from around the country visited with their elected officials to share their stories about how important it was for Congress to end the discrimination that prevented people with diabetes from protecting their health. Where can I find more information about the new law and about health insurance? For more information about the new law, see our fact sheet “Health Care Reform and People with and At-risk for Diabetes”. (http://
