Sec. 10004. STUDY AND REPORT ON THE AFFORDABILITY OF INSULIN
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## SEC. 10004 STUDY AND REPORT ON THE AFFORDABILITY OF INSULIN The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, shall— ####
(1)conduct a study that examines, for each type or classification of diabetes (including type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, and other conditions causing reliance on insulin), the effect of the affordability of insulin on— #####
(A)adherence to insulin prescriptions; #####
(B)rates of diabetic ketoacidosis; #####
(C)downstream impacts of insulin adherence, including rates of dialysis treatment and end-stage renal disease; #####
(D)spending by Federal health programs on acute episodes that could have been averted by adhering to an insulin prescription; and #####
(E)other factors, as appropriate, to understand the impacts of insulin affordability on health outcomes, Federal Government spending (including under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) and the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.)), and insured and uninsured individuals with diabetes; and ####
(2)not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under paragraph (1).
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