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Statement of the American Diabetes Association on the Passage in the Senate HELP Committee of Senator Enzi's Health Insurance Legislation
L. Hunter Limbaugh, Chair of the American Diabetes Association's National Advocacy Committee and the parent of a daughter who has type 1 diabetes, issued the following statement in response to today's passage, in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, of legislation that will enable health insurers to bypass existing state health insurance regulations. The "Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act" (S. 1955) will result in the loss of critical health coverage guarantees for millions of people with diabetes. Forty-six states and the District of Columbia require insurers to provide coverage for diabetes supplies, medication, equipment and education, but S. 1955 will undermine those basic protections. Last week, the HELP Committee failed to approve an amendment that would have protected state diabetes coverage guarantees.
"Today's vote is a setback for our efforts to ensure that the 20.8 million Americans with diabetes have the health coverage they need to manage the disease and prevent its serious complications, including heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness, and amputation. As the full Senate considers this legislation, diabetes advocates from across the country will make sure that their Senators understand the negative consequences it would have on diabetes care.
"At a time when diabetes has become an epidemic in this country, we simply cannot afford to eliminate the diabetes health coverage guarantees that 46 states and the District of Columbia have wisely taken the initiative to provide. It has been the Association's experience that without these protections, state-regulated insurers often do not provide adequate diabetes coverage. When that happens, it is not just people with diabetes who will suffer, but our already over-burdened health care system. We urge Senators who are inclined to support S.1955 that they insist it be amended to protect and honor vital state diabetes coverage."
Click the above link to send a letter of opposition to your favorite senator, informing them that you do not support the latest bill they're trying to pass to be able to deny diabetics certain insurance coverage. Like it isn't hard enough already to get the basic diabetes supplies.. now some genius senator wants to make it worse. Bastards. Live one day with diabetes and see how much you like it, how hard and expensive it is to get a DAYS worth of supplies and then use your brilliant mind to figure out what multiple years will cost someone.
Stuff like this pisses me off, as you can tell. If someone other than special George were president, there might be a chance of a presidential veto.. but you can't ever count on Bush to make a decision that actually helps people if it's a choice between saving the big guys money and screwing over the middle and lower class.
Statement of the American Diabetes Association on the Passage in the Senate HELP Committee of Senator Enzi's Health Insurance Legislation
L. Hunter Limbaugh, Chair of the American Diabetes Association's National Advocacy Committee and the parent of a daughter who has type 1 diabetes, issued the following statement in response to today's passage, in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, of legislation that will enable health insurers to bypass existing state health insurance regulations. The "Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act" (S. 1955) will result in the loss of critical health coverage guarantees for millions of people with diabetes. Forty-six states and the District of Columbia require insurers to provide coverage for diabetes supplies, medication, equipment and education, but S. 1955 will undermine those basic protections. Last week, the HELP Committee failed to approve an amendment that would have protected state diabetes coverage guarantees.
"Today's vote is a setback for our efforts to ensure that the 20.8 million Americans with diabetes have the health coverage they need to manage the disease and prevent its serious complications, including heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness, and amputation. As the full Senate considers this legislation, diabetes advocates from across the country will make sure that their Senators understand the negative consequences it would have on diabetes care.
"At a time when diabetes has become an epidemic in this country, we simply cannot afford to eliminate the diabetes health coverage guarantees that 46 states and the District of Columbia have wisely taken the initiative to provide. It has been the Association's experience that without these protections, state-regulated insurers often do not provide adequate diabetes coverage. When that happens, it is not just people with diabetes who will suffer, but our already over-burdened health care system. We urge Senators who are inclined to support S.1955 that they insist it be amended to protect and honor vital state diabetes coverage."
Click the above link to send a letter of opposition to your favorite senator, informing them that you do not support the latest bill they're trying to pass to be able to deny diabetics certain insurance coverage. Like it isn't hard enough already to get the basic diabetes supplies.. now some genius senator wants to make it worse. Bastards. Live one day with diabetes and see how much you like it, how hard and expensive it is to get a DAYS worth of supplies and then use your brilliant mind to figure out what multiple years will cost someone.
Stuff like this pisses me off, as you can tell. If someone other than special George were president, there might be a chance of a presidential veto.. but you can't ever count on Bush to make a decision that actually helps people if it's a choice between saving the big guys money and screwing over the middle and lower class.
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