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Article: Gaps Found in All Components of Private Health Insurance Coverage for People With Diabetes; American Diabetes Association, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, Commonwealth Fund, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation Sponsored Study Finds Fragmented Health Insurance System Fails to Meet the Basic Needs of People with Diabetes.
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- February 8, 2005
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Diabetes Association in conjunction with the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute today announced the results of a 14-month study examining barriers to accessible, affordable and adequate health insurance for Americans with diabetes. Entitled "Falling Through the Cracks: Stories of How Health Insurance can Fail People with Diabetes," and funded by the Commonwealth Fund, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the study of 851 people from across the United States identifies barriers in all components of the private health insurance system that can prevent Americans with diabetes from properly ...