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Statement of the American Diabetes Association Regarding the President's Budget Request
Statement of the American Diabetes Association Regarding the President's Budget Request -- Posted by Gumbo on 02-16-05 05:31
Statement of the American Diabetes Association Regarding the President's
Budget Request
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb 07, 2005 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The American
Diabetes Association is deeply disappointed by President Bush's proposed
federal budget cuts to agencies responsible for responding to the diabetes
epidemic facing this country. There are currently 18.2 million Americans
living with diabetes and more than 40 million with pre-diabetes. These
numbers are growing. Based on current estimates, we expect one in three
children born after the year 2000 will develop diabetes before they reach
age 50.
The Association is particularly concerned that the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) is slated for a 6.11% funding cut and areas
within the CDC responsible for responding to the diabetes epidemic are
slated for a 6.5% funding cut. "America is at a critical crossroads with
respect to diabetes. The nation must choose to either battle the epidemic or
turn a blind eye to those with diabetes. The ability to engage in the battle
against diabetes depends on America's commitment to providing the tools
needed to reduce the number of Americans with the disease and to finding a
cure. The CDC operates as the front line in this battle. CDC operates
essential programs such as national and state specific diabetes prevention
and control efforts, national diabetes education programs, and national
diabetes surveillance. Make no mistake, the President's budget cuts to CDC
amount to America disengaging from the fight against diabetes. Pairing a
decrease in CDC funding with near flat funding for the National Institutes
of Health is short sighted. As a nation, we simply cannot afford to turn our
back on Americans living with diabetes and call on the President and
Congress to reconsider these proposed cuts," said Lynn B. Nicholas, FACHE,
Chief Executive Officer, American Diabetes Association.
Each year, diabetes costs more than 213,000 lives and over $132 billion in
direct and indirect costs. The only way to decrease those staggering numbers
is to increase the federal investment in prevention and control programs and
toward research for a cure. The Association and its more than 37,000
advocates feel strongly that funding levels for the CDC and NIH must be
increased and will be working with Congress and the Administration to this
end.
SOURCE American Diabetes Association
Copyright (C) 2005 PR Newswire. All Rights Reserved.
Re: Statement of the American Diabetes Association Regarding the President's Budget Request -- Posted by golamuh on 02-19-05 10:36
The diabetic groups need to self fund then they can do whater they
want.
Their free ride is over. All these so called medical research groups
need to go back to private funding and endowments not depend on all of
america to give them a handout. It is just like Medicare and Social
Secuirty two giant handouts that will bankrupt America. These
programs should be stopped now, immediately not tomorrow and you would
see how quickly our deficit will be pared down to 0.
Get rid of the FREE RIDE.
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