John Rice Carter: “I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 1192, the National Clinical Care…”

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 1192, the National Clinical Care Commission Act, which establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services the National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission. The commission will look into the dissemination of information and resources to clinicians on best practices for delivering high quality care and how best to effectively deploy new and emerging treatment and technologies. As a pharmacist, I played an important role in diabetes care by screening patients who had a high risk for diabetes and educated patients to empower them to take better care of themselves. I believe all of my colleagues would agree that making government work to help evaluate and recommend solutions regarding diabetes is important. The American Diabetes Association reports that there are almost 30 million people living with this disease. With better coordination and leveraging of Federal programs that relate to clinical care for people with prediabetes, diabetes, and the chronic diseases and conditions caused by diabetes, we will begin to stem the tide of this awful disease. Mr. Speaker, this legislation should be a priority for our country, and I urge my colleagues to support this bill.”