Hearing the Patient Voice
The Diabetes Leadership Council (DLC) in the US is holding an event where people with diabetes can log-in and speak to legislators. For legislators it is a great way to find out some of the challenges people with diabetes face and for sufferers to explain what it means to have diabetes and the difficulties they […]
Major Victory for DLC on Behalf of Patients
In a major victory for patients who depend on prescription drugs, Judge John D. Bates of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia struck down a Trump administration federal rule that allowed health insurers to not count drug manufacturer copay assistance towards a beneficiary’s out-of-pocket costs. The case was brought against the U.S. […]
DLC Diabetes Champions
The US Diabetes Leadership Council (DLC) has announced Congresswoman Diana DeGette, Senator Susan Collins, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen as its 2022 Diabetes Champions. “Through their leadership of the Diabetes Caucus and Congressional efforts to reduce insulin costs, Congresswoman DeGette, Senators Collins and Shaheen truly demonstrate a commitment to the 37 million Americans living with diabetes,” […]
DLC Joins Lawsuit
A trio of patient advocacy groups in the US are challenging a rule that allows insurers to prevent financial assistance from drug companies from counting toward a patient’s annual out-of-pocket costs. Insurers argue that drug companies’ co-pay assistance programs allow drug companies to steer patients toward expensive brand-name drugs, driving up health costs for everyone. […]
The American Diabetes Association continues to support the efforts of people campaigning to cap the cost of Insulin.
ADA members have successfully put the issue on the agenda of numerous State legislators. The ADA says the cost of life-saving insulin nearly tripled between 2002 and 2013. Separately the Diabetes Leadership Council (DLC), who are also campaigning to reduce the cost of insulin, have said that they were excited around both President Biden’s State […]
DLC Diabetes Action Plan
The Diabetes Leadership Council (DLC) of America has published a ‘Consensus Paper’ on their Diabetes Action Plan that received input from 10 organisations with an interest in Diabetes. Among many issues the plan highlights affordable insulin as the bedrock of diabetes management for 1 in 3 people with diabetes, but recognises that insulin is only […]