Breakthrough T1D Advocacy

06/18/2026

🚨TODAY: YAAC Information Session

Join the Breakthrough T1D Young Adult Advocacy Council (YAAC) for an information session TONIGHT, June 18 at 7pm ET. The session will cover what the YAAC is, the important work this group does, and the application opening this fall! Register now: https://breakthrought1d-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/NVHT_8IiSnmbA-nw-BNprg

The YAAC is a group of young adults ages 18-28 who actively support the advancement of Breakthrough T1D’s advocacy priority areas, spread awareness of type 1 diabetes within their communities, and inspire youth to use their voices and share their stories with key decision makers.

06/17/2026

Great news! Senate Diabetes Caucus co-chairs Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Senator Susan Collins have sent a letter to Acting FDA Commissioner Diamantas urging the reclassification of deceased donor islets as organs.

Momentum is building. These islets can help some people living with T1D today.

The regulatory pathway needs to catch up, and Breakthrough T1D will keep pushing until it does.

Thank you to our champions in the Senate! Use your voice: BreakthroughT1D.org/join

06/16/2026

Breakthrough T1D is actively mobilizing around the bipartisan INSULIN Act – legislation that would make the cost of life-saving insulin more affordable and predictable for those with group and individual market health plans and help those without insurance.

Since our last update, 8 additional bipartisan U.S. Senators have shown their support for the T1D community by cosponsoring this important legislation. Urge your U.S. Senators to cosponsor the INSULIN Act today at BreakthroughT1D.org/Advocacy!

Senator Joni Ernst Senator John Hickenlooper Senator Kevin Cramer Senator Alsobrooks Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Senator Catherine Cortez Masto Senator Jim Banks Senator Cory Booker

06/16/2026

06/15/2026

The Young Adult Advocacy Council (YAAC) Leadership Team invites you to attend an information session this Thursday, June 18 at 7pm ET! Learn more about the YAAC, the important work this group does, and the application opening this fall! Register here: https://breakthrought1d-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/NVHT_8IiSnmbA-nw-BNprg

06/12/2026

06/11/2026

Thank you, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock, and Senator John Kennedy, for your leadership on insulin affordability. Breakthrough T1D is proud to support the bipartisan INSULIN Act, which builds on recent progress to reduce insulin costs, and we urge the Senate to move swiftly to advance it.

A bipartisan insulin pricing deal in the Senate now has enough votes to clear a filibuster.

06/10/2026

06/10/2026

Our bipartisan INSULIN Act that would cap monthly insulin costs at $35 has the support of 22 senators, equally divided between both parties.

It continues to pick up momentum because no one should go broke trying to access lifesaving medicine.

06/08/2026

Are you a young adult age 18-28 interested in learning more about Advocacy? Join Breakthrough T1D's Young Adult Advocacy Council (YAAC) for an information session on Thursday, June 18 at 7:00pm ET. Register here: https://breakthrought1d-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/NVHT_8IiSnmbA-nw-BNprg

The YAAC is a group of young adults who actively support the advancement of Breakthrough T1D’s advocacy priority areas, spread awareness of type 1 diabetes (T1D) within their communities, and inspire youth to use their voices and share their stories with key decision makers.