Nearly half of the U.S. population has diabetes or prediabetes. The Prevent Diabetes Act will expand Medicare's coverage for diabetes prevention programs, including the Y's Diabetes Prevention Program, making them more accessible to more Americans at risk for the disease. Join us in urging your lawmakers to support this important piece of legislation. #YAdvocate
https://lnkd.in/e5nvE2g7 The YMCA of the USA and the #DiabetesAdvocacyAlliance have advanced the #DiabetesPreventionAct past first base and we need the help of #YAdvocates and #Diabetes #Prevention advocates to get a home run! Call the Capitol switchboard 202-224-3121 and ask to connect to your Representative and Senators today and urge passage of the Diabetes Prevention Act before Congress finishes its work this year. Help us ensure older adults have access to the #MedicareDiabetesPreventionProgram virtually and in-person, and allow seniors to participate in the program more than once. Thanks go out to Rep. Bilirakis' Chris Jones and Rep. Degette's David Steury for their leadership. Omada Health WeightWatchers American Medical Association Novo Nordisk TeleDoc™ Noom American Diabetes Association Diabetes Patient Advocacy Coalition ADCES AACES Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Lucia Savage Kevin Harper Caitlin Van Sant Jerry Franz Jody Hoffman