Health Care Access

#HealthEquityNow

Access to quality care and essential resources is central to our mission—because everyone deserves the support to live a healthier life.

People Can Be Left Behind

Everyone deserves the support to move forward and grow. Too often, limited access to care and resources needed to foster healthy living affects health outcomes, raising your risk for diabetes and other diseases. And it undermines the wellbeing of our communities.

2.6

On average, people with diagnosed diabetes have medical expenditures 2.6 times higher than those without diabetes.

3.5

Every 3.5 minutes a limb is amputated due to diabetes—and most are avoidable.

Every 19 seconds, someone with diabetes is hospitalized for major cardiovascular disease in the United States.

Community Connections

Find Help and Resources

Search below to find the diabetes program or resources in your area you've been looking for. Search for almost anything from medical care to education, to nutrition and health. Resources are available by ZIP Code so you can get the help you need wherever you are.

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Inaction is not an option

Cure

Ensure diabetes research better accounts for risks facing all communities: aim innovations that support individualized care to serve people more impactfully.

Care

Boost access to quality care for people with diabetes and prediabetes where they live and work. Overcome roadblocks to resources and care, reducing the risks of health challenges like diabetes.

Cost

Make diabetes drugs, devices, supplies, and health insurance more affordable and accessible.

Cooking

Help people with their own nutritional needs. Offer better guidance on eating plans and how to access healthy foods.

Connection

Build community to help change behavior, partner with allies, grow advocacy, and ensure support and resources are accessible are central to the mission of the American Diabetes Association.