May 15, 2019
Reed, DeGette introduce legislation increasing diabetes funding
(WASHINGTON, D.C. May 14th) – Reps. Tom Reed (R-NY) and Diana DeGette (D-CO) the co-chairs of the Congressional Diabetes Caucus, have introduced bipartisan legislation to continue funding a key federal diabetes research program for an additional five years, and increase its annual funding from $150 million to $200 million a year.
The legislation would reauthorize and increase funding for the Special Diabetes Program for Type 1 Diabetes, a decades-old federal program that’s currently providing re