Alabama Dias-ates lBeverage Rac- is: 6 ii} aldiabetescaveragecam 59% a i? Heme Page Fetitien Signatures Hews I:dntact Us a HEALTH at ALABAMA SIGN THE ALABAMA DIABETES COVERAGE PETITION SIGN THE PETITION BLUE CHESS BLUE SHIELD BF ALABAMA ancl ALABAMA MEDICARE: The Arti?cial Pancreas Treatment is changing the lives at Diabetic Patients! The pecple cf Alabama neecl ccverage! BA Diabetes is amcng the fastest grcwing diseases in the United States tcdav. tc the Centers Disease Central and Preventicn nearly: 313 millicn Americans have diabetes and face its devastating ccnseguences. What?s true naticnwide is alsc true in Alabama. Apprcaimatelv pecple in Alabama have been diagncsed with diabetes and an estimated 127.0% have diabetes but dcn?t it! Everyr 3-.rearI an estimated EEJIIJIJ pecple in Alabama are diagncsed with diabetes. in the midst cf this grcwing epidemic, Blue Grass Blue Shield at Alabama, the largest health insurance prcvider in Alabama, and Alabama Medicare have chcsen tc ccver an treatment that has prcven successful in ccrrecting the ccre cf diabetes. In a decisicn that has disrupted life-changing treatment cpticns fcir thcusands cf Alabamians, Blue Grass Blue Shield at Alabama issued a denial cf ccverage in May 21315 the Arti?cial Pancreas Treatment cffered al: Trina Health at Fcllegr and in August 2015 far the treatment at Trina Health at Fairhcpe. In late March 2016, Alabama Medicare suit and issued a denial cf ccverage fer the state as well. That's why we're circulating this petiticn aslsing that Blue Grass Blue Shield cf Alabama and Alabama Medicare ccverage cf the Artificial Pancreas Treatment and help lives and ease the burden cf Diabetes in the state.