This is seriously messed up. As I said in another comment, these organizations have serious problems that need remedying but they have almost no control over t

This is seriously messed up. As I said in another comment, these organizations have serious problems that need remedying but they have almost no control over the underlying root causes of the US' diabetes epidemic. I wouldn't necessarily argue against a problem with leadership and a focus on fundraising, but there are thousands of people who work under these organizations who often give up promising careers and their own time and money to make a real difference in communities that are outright ravaged by diabetes. Focusing on orgs like JDRF and the ADA as the "bad guy" only exacerbates the obsession with managing the symptoms as opposed to dealing with the underlying causes (mostly socio economic, political, and ecological in my personal opinion). If you really want to focus on organizations, lets talk about the FDA and the outright corruption and thievery between Medicare/Medicaid and insurance companies. In the medical industry "diabetes" is a codeword for "huge profits from captive, disadvantaged markets" and until we start addressing those issues no amount of reform in 3rd party orgs will do anything.