A Message from the ADA’s CEO
The need to end diabetes has never been more urgent. Today, over 38 million Americans live with diabetes and nearly 98 million adults have prediabetes. The annual cost of this disease has ballooned to $412.9 billion, accounting for one in four health care dollars spent in this country. Diabetes has hurt too many people we love, for far too long. But I also know this: Our ability to make a difference has never been greater.
As you’ll see in our 2023 Annual Report, the ADA is doing everything we can to fight diabetes through research, quality of care, food and nutrition, and access and health equity. Underpinning this work is the ADA’s commitment to prioritizing health care access for all Americans, particularly vulnerable communities disproportionately impacted by diabetes. You’ll see some of those stories in the Health Equity Spotlights throughout this report. The ADA owes its 2023 accomplishments to our amazing network of volunteers, employees, members, donors, advocates, and industry partners. It takes all of us to end diabetes—because when we fight together, we change lives.
That’s what the ADA has done since 1940. Let’s continue the fight.
