I have a huge problem with this! As someone who has several chronic health conditions, I look for work that includes health coverage. Often I have skipped over more lucrative jobs because they didn’t offer health benefits. Since we already pay an income tax, it is beyond wrong to charge us for having health insurance.

I don’t agree with this strategy, because it seems the average worker already foots the bill for a lot of things. Is there a better way to do this? What’s your opinion?

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Taxes on Healthcare Benefits?

What causes Type 1 diabetes?

Wouldn’t we all like to know! Scientists are looking at every avenue to figure out what causes the disease. In doing so, they hope to find a cure.

One study is going to look at “200 newborns in Georgia and Florida with high-risk genes for type 1 diabetes will be enrolled over the next year in a long-term study to determine how genetics and environment cause the disease.”

The study will cost $10 million, and go for five years.

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New Diabetes Study to Look at Newborns

Here’s some great news to start your day. The “Joslin Diabetes Center today announced it has received a $1 million gift from the Thomas Beatson Jr. Foundation to support Type 1 diabetes research.”

Doesn’t that just bring a smile to your face? Mr. Beatson has had Type 1 diabetes for over 50 years. Wouldn’t it be great if his donation was just the incentive to put research over the mark in reaching a cure?

This is fabulous news, of course, but you know that every little bit truly adds up. So even if you’ve got $10 here and there, and we all have $10, it can add up to a lot.

Still, thank you Mr. Beatson!

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$1 Million Gift for Type 1 Diabetes Research

Still need a present for Christmas? Don’t forget about the American Diabetes Association’s holiday catalog. There are many great gifts that also help fund a cure for diabetes.

You can buy stuff like this comfort candle, this digital photo ornament, and this graceful living perpetual calendar.

You can also give money to diabetes research in honor of someone you love. Get this certificate to show someone that you donated in honor of them. They are sure to appreciate it!

Why not benefit diabetes research this year while you celebrate the joyful season?

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Shop the ADA Holiday Catalog

Laila Ali is the spokesperson for the Kiss Diabetes Goodbye campaign, and if you have not participated in this yet, I highly recommend you do so!

Here’s the “Kiss Diabetes Goodbye” message from the ADA:

“During American Diabetes Month this November, help the American Diabetes Association raise $1 million to kiss diabetes goodbye. Fund researchers who are working toward a day without diabetes. Support diabetes education programs in communities across the country. Provide a voice to those denied their rights because of diabetes.”

Click here to donate and show your support!

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One in Three Kids Face a Future with Diabetes

If you or a friend has diabetes, one of the best ways you can help in the cause for a cure is to become an advocate. There are numerous ways to get involved, whether it be with informing others about the disease, contacting lawmakers, or just spreading the word about the realities of living with this chronic illness. Here are some ways to get started as a diabetes activist. ~more

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How to Be a Diabetes Advocate

Wouldn’t we love to kiss diabetes goodbye?

Boy, I would. I could kiss the cost, the stress, the misunderstanding, the pain, the body changes, the isolation, and the restrictions goodbye in an instant! I wouldn’t hesitate.

The great thing about being alive today is that we don’t just have to sit around and wait for something to happen. We can make it happen.

For the last several years, we have rec’d nothing but lip service from the current administration in regards to diabetes care. Diabetes continues to grow. And isn’t it sad, since for the last several years people keep saying we are close to a cure. Quite simply, we need more than lip service.

If you want to “kiss diabetes goodbye,” log on to the American Diabetes Assocation’s petition page. The petition will be delivered along with the ADA’s health reform policy position to the next president in January 2009. The ADA states that “The new Administration needs to know that diabetes is serious and its complications are serious and deadly.”

I couldn’t agree more. How about you? Sign the petition, and then forward the link to your friends.

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Kiss Diabetes Goodbye

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Kids: Drawing Diabetes

To help celebrate voting today, let’s have a little giveaway, shall we?

I’ve got a DVD of Kathy Smith’s Power Walk for Weight Loss. Walking is a great exercise and diabetics can really benefit regular cardio workouts. Here’s a clip of the Power Walk DVD:

Want to win? Leave a comment below. I’ll choose a winner at random on Thursday, November 20th and announce the lucky guy or gal the next day. Good luck!

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Get Out and Vote Today!