Title: A resolution designating November 9, 2017, as "National Diabetes Heart Health Awareness Day", coinciding with American Diabetes Month.
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Expresses support for: (1) the designation of November 9, 2017, as National Diabetes Heart Health Awareness Day; and (2) the efforts of the Department of Health and Human Services and the medical community to educate people about the risks, symptoms, and treatment of diabetes to include comorbid cardiovascular diseases and risk factors.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 324 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 324

   Designating November 9, 2017, as ``National Diabetes Heart Health 
       Awareness Day'', coinciding with American Diabetes Month.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 8, 2017

    Mr. Nelson (for himself and Mr. Rubio) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Designating November 9, 2017, as ``National Diabetes Heart Health 
       Awareness Day'', coinciding with American Diabetes Month.

Whereas 30,300,000 people in the United States, or 9.4 percent of the 
        population, have diabetes, including an estimated 7,200,000 people who 
        are undiagnosed and an additional 84,100,000 people who have 
        prediabetes;
Whereas adults with diabetes are 2 to 4 times more likely to die from heart 
        disease than adults without diabetes;
Whereas at least 68 percent of people who are 65 or older and who have diabetes 
        die from some form of heart disease;
Whereas, among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries, diabetes and 
        cardiovascular disease are common, with cardiovascular disease affecting 
        31 percent of beneficiaries and diabetes affecting 28 percent of 
        beneficiaries;
Whereas the American Heart Association considers diabetes to be 1 of the 7 major 
        controllable risk factors for cardiovascular disease;
Whereas minority populations are disproportionately affected by both 
        cardiovascular disease and diabetes;
Whereas findings from a recent study reveal that 52 percent of adults living 
        with type 2 diabetes are unaware they are at an increased risk for 
        cardiovascular disease and complications from cardiovascular disease;
Whereas 2 out of 3 deaths in people with type 2 diabetes are attributed to 
        cardiovascular disease;
Whereas obesity, poor diet, and lack of physical activity are all major risk 
        factors for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease;
Whereas 1,250,000 people in the United States have type 1 diabetes and the 
        incidence of type 1 diabetes is increasing by more than an average of 2 
        percent each year;
Whereas cardiovascular disease is a major cause of mortality for people with 
        type 1 diabetes;
Whereas, according to the American Diabetes Association, diagnosed and 
        undiagnosed diabetes cost the United States $322,000,000,000 in 2012;
Whereas cardiovascular disease accounts for 26 percent of the hospital inpatient 
        costs of treating people with diabetes;
Whereas most of the costs of diabetes, 62 percent, is provided by government 
        insurance, including Medicare, Medicaid, and the military;
Whereas appropriate awareness and education about the cardiovascular risks 
        associated with diabetes can effectively reduce the health and financial 
        burden of illness; and
Whereas the designation of November 9, 2017, as ``National Diabetes Heart Health 
        Awareness Day'' and coinciding with American Diabetes Month, will raise 
        public awareness about the specific risks of heart disease for people 
        with diabetes and help to ensure people at risk receive a timely 
        diagnosis and proper treatment: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates November 9, 2017, as ``National Diabetes 
        Heart Health Awareness Day'';
            (2) supports the efforts of the Secretary of Health and 
        Human Services, as well as the entire medical community, to 
        educate people about the risks, symptoms, and treatment of 
        diabetes to include comorbid cardiovascular diseases and risk 
        factors;
            (3) encourages the greater coordination of federally funded 
        efforts that address diabetes or cardiovascular disease 
        independently to incorporate the common comorbidity of diabetes 
        and cardiovascular disease, including education and actions 
        that address both; and
            (4) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the Senate 
        transmit a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of Health 
        and Human Services.
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