Fighting Diabetes Takes Leadership

More than 26 million people in America have diabetes, and it’s projected that by 2050, one in three people in the United States will have this disease. Washington has little clue how to deal with this national health crisis, even though the political implications are long. Ask 10 presidential candidates what to do about the diabetes epidemic, and you’d see 10 blank stares. The grunt work on this issue comes, not from politicians, but from people with big hearts, such as the late Don Scott. More about him later, but first, I’d like to discuss an event that bears his name – and one that children with type 1 diabetes and parents should not pass up/ Chuck Malloy, Idaho Politics Weekly. More here.

Question: Are you or anyone in your family battling diabetes?