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Trustee Archive
Diabetes is a disease in which a person has high blood sugar either because the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced. Diabetes symptoms include frequent urination and increased thirst and hunger. Long-term complications include cardiovascular disease, chronic renal failure and retinal damage. There are three main types of diabetes, all which are treatable with insulin. Type 1, or juvenile diabetes, results from the body's failure to produce insulin and requires a person to inject insulin or wear an insulin pump. Type 2, or adult-onset diabetes, results from insulin resistance, a condition in which cells fail to use insulin properly. Type 3, gestational diabetes, occurs when pregnant women without a previous diagnosis of diabetes develop a high blood glucose level. This may precede development of type 2 diabetes. About 34 million people, or about 10% of all Americans, have diabetes, not counting at least 7 million people who are undiagnosed and another 80 million people who have pre-diabetes. Adequate treatment of this disease is important, as is not smoking and maintaining control of blood pressure and body weight.
Pending Legislation: H.R.2550 - Special Diabetes Program Reauthorization Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Diana DeGette (CO)
Status: House Subcommittee on Health (Energy and Commerce)
Chairperson: Rep. Brett Guthrie (KY) |
- I oppose reforming current diabetes policy and wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Speaker Kevin McCarthy (CA).
- I support reauthorizing through 2026 the Special Diabetes Program administered by the National Institutes of Health and focusing research on the prevention and cure of type 1 diabetes, and wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Brett Guthrie (KY) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
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I support reauthorizing through 2026 the Special Diabetes Program administered by the National Institutes of Health and focusing research on the prevention and cure of type 1 diabetes, and wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Brett Guthrie (KY) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
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- Representative
If elected as a trustee, the campaign committee of Rep. Brett Guthrie (KY) will be unconditionally awarded the funds pledged to this issue along with a letter requesting him to favorably consider passing H.R.2550 - Special Diabetes Program Reauthorization Act of 2023.
- American Diabetes Association
If elected as a trustee, American Diabetes Association will be awarded the funds pledged to this issue along with a letter requesting these funds be used to advocate for those affected by diabetes and to research, prevent, manage and cure this disease.
About: The moving force behind the work of the American Diabetes Association is a network of more than 565,000 volunteers, a membership of more than 540,000 people with diabetes, their families and caregivers, a professional society of nearly 20,000 health care professionals, as well as more than 250 staff members. ADA advocates for the transparency and affordability of insulin costs which have nearly tripled between 2002 and 2013.
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- No trustee votes received.
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| Poll Opening Date |
October 02, 2023 |
| Poll Closing Date |
October 08, 2023 |
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