Ivan K' Lanier

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GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS ADVOCACY

• Ivan K. Lanier
• National Director of State Government Relations

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Government Affairs Advocacy
ad ? vo ? cacy n.
1. Active support of an idea of cause 2. The act
of pleading or arguing for something
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Government Affairs Advocacy

• Senior Staff
• Shereen Arent - Managing Director, Legal
  Advocacy
• Abby Bownas - Director, Federal Government
  Affairs
• Ivan Lanier - Director, State Government Affairs
• Meghan Kissell - Associate Director, Grassroots
  Advocacy
• Ken Van Pool - Associate Director, Policy
  Strategic Alliances

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Government Affairs Advocacy
Advocacy Overview

• Increase federal and state funding for diabetes
  prevention, treatment and research
• Improve the availability of accessible, adequate
  and affordable health care
• Eliminate discrimination against people with
  diabetes

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Government Affairs Advocacy
2008 Advocacy Successes

• The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments
  Act passed
• 600 million additional funding for the Special
  Diabetes Programs

State and local legislation/policy on menu
labeling, school health, funding for diabetes
prevention and control and diabetes management in
school
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Government Affairs Advocacy
2009 Federal Lobbying Efforts

• Funding for diabetes prevention and treatment
  programs at the Centers for Disease Control and
  Prevention and research at the National
  Institutes of Health
• Health Reform focus on coverage, quality and
  prevention
• Stem cell research

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• ADA strongly urges the 111th Congress to pass a
  new budget that includes a 7 increase
  (123,293,660) for the National Institute of
  Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
  for a total of 1,884,631,660.  This increase
  corresponds with the health community's request
  of a 7 increase overall to the National
  Institutes of Health and will allow NIDDK to
  continue valuable research.
• 23.6 million increase for the CDC's Division of
  Diabetes Translation (DDT) for a total of 84.447
  million.  This increase represents an investment
  of 1 for each person in the United States with
  diabetes.  This will fund crucial innovative,
  state-based disease programs in local communities
  across the country and helps all of our
  constituents. 

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Government Affairs Advocacy
2009 State Lobbying Efforts

• Health Insurance fighting for expansion
  guarding against rollbacks
• Funding for state Diabetes Prevention and Control
  Programs
• Safe at School Campaign
• Funding for research

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Government Affairs Advocacy
Questions? Go to www.diabetes.org/advocacy
Or Contact MakingNoise_at_diabetes.org