A diabetes advocacy group is lobbying Congress to include diabetes education programs as a covered benefit for people with pre-diabetes.The American Association of Diabetes Educators issued a release this week urging the Medicare as well as private insurers to recognize the need for wider dissemenation of Diabetes Self-Management Training. The training dramatically reduces health costs as well as diabetes rates, AADE said.
Last month, the Department of Health and Human Services announced regulations requiring insurance plans to provide free preventative care, though the rules are not yet in force, InsuranceCorner reports.
“We really view this as common sense,” said AADE President Deborah Fillman. “We are simply calling on Congress and the private sector to recognize this obvious fiscal and public health benefit.”
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