American Diabetes Association - April 2010

Health Care Reform and People with and At-risk for Diabetes

The federal health care reform legislation (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care & Education Affordability Act of 2010) which became law in March 2010, includes many new tools in the fight to stop diabetes. Once the provisions of the law are fully in place, people with diabetes can no longer be denied insurance or forced to pay more for coverage simply because they have diabetes. Insurance companies will not be allowed to limit benefits or drop coverage when a person needs health care most. In sum, a diagnosis of diabetes will no longer be a lawful reason to deny health care, ending the current system that sanctions such discrimination.

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