Bipartisan letter to leadership on Special Diabetes Program signed by 335 Members
October 22, 2013
Dear Speaker Boehner and Democratic Leader Pelosi,
We write to ask for your continued support for the Special Diabetes Program (SDP), which is improving the lives of 26 million Americans who have diabetes and yielding a real return on the federal investment. Diabetes costs our nation over $245 billion annually, a staggering 41 percent increase from 2007. It is also the leading cause of kidney failure, non-traumatic amputations, and blindness and a major cause of heart disease and stroke. Americans with diabetes incure medical expenses that are 2.3 times higher than those incurred by those without diabetes.