Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Sen. Jay Rockefeller is reintroducing a bill to make preventative diabetic care available among Medicare beneficiaries.
The bill was previously introduced on July 31, in the 112th session of Congress, but failed.
If passed, it would provide Medicare beneficiaries with access to the National Diabetes Prevention Program, which is authorized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The National Diabetes Prevention Program is a yearlong program that focuses on healthy eating, physical activity and counseling to help prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes. In previous findings, the program had a success rate of more than 70 percent among those age 60 or older.
http://www.dailymail.com/News/statenews/201303100123
The bill was previously introduced on July 31, in the 112th session of Congress, but failed.
If passed, it would provide Medicare beneficiaries with access to the National Diabetes Prevention Program, which is authorized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The National Diabetes Prevention Program is a yearlong program that focuses on healthy eating, physical activity and counseling to help prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes. In previous findings, the program had a success rate of more than 70 percent among those age 60 or older.
http://www.dailymail.com/News/statenews/201303100123