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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 899 

Designating November 2024 as ‘‘American Diabetes Month’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 19, 2024 

Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Ms. COLLINS) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Designating November 2024 as ‘‘American Diabetes Month’’. 

Whereas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention— 

(1) an estimated 38,400,000 individuals in the 

United States have diabetes; and 

(2) an estimated 97,600,000 individuals in the 

United States who are 18 years of age or older have 

prediabetes; 

Whereas diabetes is a serious chronic condition that affects 

individuals of every age, race, ethnicity, and income level; 

Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that— 

(1) Hispanic, Black, Asian, American Indian, and 

Alaska Native adults in the United States are disproportionately affected by diabetes and develop the disease at 


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much higher rates than the general population of the 

United States; and 

(2) an estimated 23 percent of individuals with diabetes in the United States have not yet been diagnosed 

with the disease; 

Whereas, in the United States, an estimated 11.6 percent of 

the population, including 29.2 percent of individuals who 

are 65 years of age or older, have diabetes; 

Whereas, of the approximately 18,600,000 veterans in the 

United States, nearly 1 in 4 are receiving care for diabetes from the Department of Veterans Affairs; 

Whereas the risk of developing type 2 diabetes at some point 

in life is 40 percent for adults in the United States; 

Whereas, according to the American Diabetes Association— 

(1) in 2022, the estimated direct and indirect medical costs in the United States for cases of diagnosed diabetes was $412,900,000,000; and 

(2) as insulin prices remain high for some patients, 

1 in 4 individuals using insulin report reducing use due 

to insulin cost; 

Whereas the American Diabetes Association reports that, in 

2022, care for individuals with diagnosed diabetes accounted for 1 in 4 health care dollars in the United 

States; 

Whereas medical costs are estimated to be 2.6 times higher 

for individuals in the United States with diabetes than 

those without diabetes; 

Whereas, as of November 2024, a cure for diabetes does not 

exist; 

Whereas there are successful means to reduce the incidence, 

and delay the onset, of type 2 diabetes; 


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Whereas, with proper management and treatment, individuals 

with diabetes live healthy and productive lives; and 

Whereas individuals in the United States celebrate American 

Diabetes Month in November: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) designates November 2024 as ‘‘American 

3 Diabetes Month’’; and 

4 (2) supports the goals and ideals of American 

5 Diabetes Month, including— 

6 (A) encouraging individuals in the United 

7 States to fight diabetes through public aware8 ness of prevention and treatment options; 

9 (B) enhancing diabetes education; 

10 (C) recognizing the importance of aware11 ness and early detection, including awareness of 

12 symptoms and risk factors such as— 

13 (i) being— 

14 (I) older than 45 years of age; or 

15 (II) overweight; and 

16 (ii) having— 

17 (I) a particular racial and ethnic 

18 background; 

19 (II) a low level of physical activ20 ity; 

21 (III) high blood pressure; 


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1 (IV) a family history of diabetes; 

2 or 

3 (V) a history of diabetes during 

4 pregnancy; 

5 (D) supporting a decrease in the preva6 lence of type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes 

7 in the United States through research, treat8 ment, and prevention; and 

9 (E) recognizing the importance of address10 ing barriers to health care that— 

11 (i) leave many communities at a 

12 heightened risk for diabetes; and 

13 (ii) limit access to health care re14 sources that are needed to effectively pre15 vent the onset, and to manage the condi16 tion, of diabetes. 

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