Dear Representative Hudson, Representative Banks and Representative Cole:
"On behalf of the Endocrine Society, we appreciate the opportunity to provide comments on the Healthy Future Task Force Security Subcommittee’s RFI on public health. Founded in 1916, the Endocrine Society represents approximately 18,000 physicians and scientists engaged in all research and clinical aspects of hormone health, including diabetes and obesity. Our members treat people living with chronic conditions including diabetes and deal with the consequences of social determinants of health in the patients they see and in their research. Given our work on these issues, we focused our response to the Task Force’s questions about chronic diseases and social determinants of health:"