Urgent: Vote on Georgia insurance laws tomorrow

Dear Diabetes Advocate,

We have JUST learned that House Bill 1184 is scheduled for hearing tomorrow at 4 pm in the Senate Insurance Committee. This bill does NOT protect diabetes coverage mandates.
The Senate version of this bill (SB 407) would allow insurance companies from other states to sell insurance in Georgia, as long as they respected our state laws. However House Bill 1184 will allow substandard insurance plans offered from states that have weaker protections for diabetes coverage to be sold in our state. If this passes, despite all that you pay for insurance, you could still be left without the protection you need.

Why would we pass a bill that would undermine our current state law which requires state-regulated insurers in Georgia to offer diabetes care? We need to stop this!
Please call:

• Senator Ralph Hudgens, Chairman of the Senate Insurance Committee at (404) 656-4700
• Senator David Shafer, Vice Chair of the Senate Insurance Committee at (404) 656-0048

Tell the person who picks up the phone something like this: “As the Chair/Vice Chair of the Senate Insurance Committee, I hope you will ask the committee to vote against House Bill 1184, and help preserve Georgia’s health insurance laws for people with diabetes.”