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      Of the people in your life, who (if anyone) makes you feel judged or criticized for your T1D management (for example, what foods you eat, where or when you check your blood glucose, etc.)? Select all that apply to you.
      Insulin, meters, diabetic tech are not magic wands. Its usage does not guarantee only "positive" results. Negative events can and do occur, period. Non -D- typically (incorrectly) equate negative events as being total user failure, severe user errors. As diabetics we get blamed, despite having made zero mistakes on our part. We make seriously educated best guesses, despite that truth, we can and do fail anyway sometimes! Outsiders falsely need to believe inulin, our tech are complete-total cures, rather than tiny bandages at best. When confronted for using (sic. my) "drugs" in public, no matter how invisibly done... it is their self righteousness , poor assessment which is the issue. I gladly squash such insects...
    • 14 hours, 44 minutes ago
      Lawrence S. likes your comment at
      If you use an insulin pump that comes with a clip, how often do you have your pump clip attached to your pump?
      The more important question is 'how well does the clip work'. For me, the Medtronic clip worked very well, but the Tandem clip is quite ineffective and the pump falls off my belt during things like yard work or other bending movements.
    • 14 hours, 45 minutes ago
      Lawrence S. likes your comment at
      If you use an insulin pump that comes with a clip, how often do you have your pump clip attached to your pump?
      I answered never. I always use a clip -- I wear my t:slim x2 on my belt -- but not the Tandem clip. I use the black t:Holster Rotating Belt Clip. Very pleased.
    • 14 hours, 46 minutes ago
      Lawrence S. likes your comment at
      If you use an insulin pump that comes with a clip, how often do you have your pump clip attached to your pump?
      I am rough on pumps and use a Tandem X2 but dont use the Tandem clip/holster. I use a neoprene case and a pouch with a metal clip. Thenmetal clip is uncomfortable while I sleep. Looking for a different solution for wearing my pump at night.
    • 1 day, 11 hours ago
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      If you or someone in your family has T1D, have other members of your family been screened for T1D autoantibodies? If not, do you think your family would be willing to be screened for T1D autoantibodies?
      I answered that nobody wants to be screened, but I was answering based on my immediate family. I did let my deceased type-1 diabetic cousin's 35 year old son know he can be tested for his likelihood of becoming type-1 diabetic. He said he may be tested as he was always curious if he had a chance.
    • 1 day, 11 hours ago
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      If you or someone in your family has T1D, have other members of your family been screened for T1D autoantibodies? If not, do you think your family would be willing to be screened for T1D autoantibodies?
      I have T1, and when my oldest grandson got T1, the other 3 grandkids got screened. The grandson who's the brother of the one with T1, showed a strong possibility of being a future T1 diabetic. It sadly came true about a year later.
    • 1 day, 11 hours ago
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      If you or someone in your family has T1D, have other members of your family been screened for T1D autoantibodies? If not, do you think your family would be willing to be screened for T1D autoantibodies?
      I have LADA, and the idea of screening has not come up, either by me or my adult children. I guess I need to present the opportunity to them so they can make the decision.
    • 1 day, 11 hours ago
      Wanacure likes your comment at
      If you or someone in your family has T1D, have other members of your family been screened for T1D autoantibodies? If not, do you think your family would be willing to be screened for T1D autoantibodies?
      Hi Kristen, thanks so much for your feedback. We do plan to continue questions and education on T1D screening. The constantly evolving clinical trials and FDA-approved therapies that offer the potential to intervene, delay —— and hopefully some day prevent —— T1D are only effective if children are being screened for the earliest stages of T1D. Without screening, we cannot delay or prevent T1D. We do offer "No, my family members have no been screened" as an option. We appreciate your passion as a person affected by T1D and hope you enjoy our other daily questions. All the best, The T1D Exchange team
    • 1 day, 14 hours ago
      Samantha Walsh likes your comment at
      If you or someone in your family has T1D, have other members of your family been screened for T1D autoantibodies? If not, do you think your family would be willing to be screened for T1D autoantibodies?
      I was born in 1939 and had many childhood illnesses. Three different kinds of measles and tonsils removed before I was 5 years old, then mumps and chickenpox when I was 5. While recovering from the mumps and chickenpox, I began showing the symptoms of very high blood sugar. Three doctors examined me and they were not able to make a diagnosis. I had lost much weight, and I had stopped eating. I did not have an appetite. It was almost impossible for me to walk. A fourth doctor had my blood tested and he made the diagnosis. While receiving pork insulin I finally began to recover a few days after my sixth birthday. I did not have ant relatives with diabetes. I think the childhood diseases caused internal damage and that was the cause of my diabetes. At the present time there are still no type one diabetics among my relatives. I do not believe it is necessary for my children and grandchildren to be screened for T1D autoantibodies.
    • 2 days, 10 hours ago
      KarenM6 likes your comment at
      If you or someone in your family has T1D, have other members of your family been screened for T1D autoantibodies? If not, do you think your family would be willing to be screened for T1D autoantibodies?
      Hi Kristen, thanks so much for your feedback. We do plan to continue questions and education on T1D screening. The constantly evolving clinical trials and FDA-approved therapies that offer the potential to intervene, delay —— and hopefully some day prevent —— T1D are only effective if children are being screened for the earliest stages of T1D. Without screening, we cannot delay or prevent T1D. We do offer "No, my family members have no been screened" as an option. We appreciate your passion as a person affected by T1D and hope you enjoy our other daily questions. All the best, The T1D Exchange team
    • 2 days, 11 hours ago
      Katie Bennett likes your comment at
      If you or someone in your family has T1D, have other members of your family been screened for T1D autoantibodies? If not, do you think your family would be willing to be screened for T1D autoantibodies?
      Hi Kristen, thanks so much for your feedback. We do plan to continue questions and education on T1D screening. The constantly evolving clinical trials and FDA-approved therapies that offer the potential to intervene, delay —— and hopefully some day prevent —— T1D are only effective if children are being screened for the earliest stages of T1D. Without screening, we cannot delay or prevent T1D. We do offer "No, my family members have no been screened" as an option. We appreciate your passion as a person affected by T1D and hope you enjoy our other daily questions. All the best, The T1D Exchange team
    • 2 days, 12 hours ago
      Kate Kuhn likes your comment at
      If you or someone in your family has T1D, have other members of your family been screened for T1D autoantibodies? If not, do you think your family would be willing to be screened for T1D autoantibodies?
      Hi Kristen, thanks so much for your feedback. We do plan to continue questions and education on T1D screening. The constantly evolving clinical trials and FDA-approved therapies that offer the potential to intervene, delay —— and hopefully some day prevent —— T1D are only effective if children are being screened for the earliest stages of T1D. Without screening, we cannot delay or prevent T1D. We do offer "No, my family members have no been screened" as an option. We appreciate your passion as a person affected by T1D and hope you enjoy our other daily questions. All the best, The T1D Exchange team
    • 2 days, 12 hours ago
      Karen DeVeaux likes your comment at
      If you or someone in your family has T1D, have other members of your family been screened for T1D autoantibodies? If not, do you think your family would be willing to be screened for T1D autoantibodies?
      I was born in 1939 and had many childhood illnesses. Three different kinds of measles and tonsils removed before I was 5 years old, then mumps and chickenpox when I was 5. While recovering from the mumps and chickenpox, I began showing the symptoms of very high blood sugar. Three doctors examined me and they were not able to make a diagnosis. I had lost much weight, and I had stopped eating. I did not have an appetite. It was almost impossible for me to walk. A fourth doctor had my blood tested and he made the diagnosis. While receiving pork insulin I finally began to recover a few days after my sixth birthday. I did not have ant relatives with diabetes. I think the childhood diseases caused internal damage and that was the cause of my diabetes. At the present time there are still no type one diabetics among my relatives. I do not believe it is necessary for my children and grandchildren to be screened for T1D autoantibodies.
    • 2 days, 13 hours ago
      Kelly-Dayne likes your comment at
      If you or someone in your family has T1D, have other members of your family been screened for T1D autoantibodies? If not, do you think your family would be willing to be screened for T1D autoantibodies?
      Hi Kristen, thanks so much for your feedback. We do plan to continue questions and education on T1D screening. The constantly evolving clinical trials and FDA-approved therapies that offer the potential to intervene, delay —— and hopefully some day prevent —— T1D are only effective if children are being screened for the earliest stages of T1D. Without screening, we cannot delay or prevent T1D. We do offer "No, my family members have no been screened" as an option. We appreciate your passion as a person affected by T1D and hope you enjoy our other daily questions. All the best, The T1D Exchange team
    • 2 days, 14 hours ago
      William Bennett likes your comment at
      If you or someone in your family has T1D, have other members of your family been screened for T1D autoantibodies? If not, do you think your family would be willing to be screened for T1D autoantibodies?
      Hi Kristen, thanks so much for your feedback. We do plan to continue questions and education on T1D screening. The constantly evolving clinical trials and FDA-approved therapies that offer the potential to intervene, delay —— and hopefully some day prevent —— T1D are only effective if children are being screened for the earliest stages of T1D. Without screening, we cannot delay or prevent T1D. We do offer "No, my family members have no been screened" as an option. We appreciate your passion as a person affected by T1D and hope you enjoy our other daily questions. All the best, The T1D Exchange team
    • 2 days, 15 hours ago
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      Have you ever participated in a charity fundraising event that benefitted a diabetes organization (i.e., a walk, marathon, gala, etc.)?
      I have led a team for the JDRF OneWalk annually since the late 1990's. We have been able to raise a lot of funds for JDRF...and I have enjoyed doing it. Good cause!
    • 2 days, 15 hours ago
      Lawrence S. likes your comment at
      If you or someone in your family has T1D, have other members of your family been screened for T1D autoantibodies? If not, do you think your family would be willing to be screened for T1D autoantibodies?
      my siblings & parents are older (like me) and they've never expressed any interest in getting tested. my nieces and nephews have never said anything either
    • 3 days, 2 hours ago
      Karen Newe likes your comment at
      Have you ever participated in a charity fundraising event that benefitted a diabetes organization (i.e., a walk, marathon, gala, etc.)?
      I participated in several ADA walks not long after being Dx with T1D. As Ahh Life points out large $ are rased, but where do they go? I stopped supporting ADA for that reason. I think JDF is much more open on where the funding goes.
    • 3 days, 2 hours ago
      Karen Newe likes your comment at
      Have you ever participated in a charity fundraising event that benefitted a diabetes organization (i.e., a walk, marathon, gala, etc.)?
      JDRF only. I like knowing that my contributions are going specifically to T1D.
    • 3 days, 2 hours ago
      Karen Newe likes your comment at
      Have you ever participated in a charity fundraising event that benefitted a diabetes organization (i.e., a walk, marathon, gala, etc.)?
      I have led a team for the JDRF OneWalk annually since the late 1990's. We have been able to raise a lot of funds for JDRF...and I have enjoyed doing it. Good cause!
    • 3 days, 6 hours ago
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      The last time you discussed adding a new device or medication to your T1D management routine with your health care provider, who initially suggested trying the new device or medication?
      Switched a long time ago to Tandem/Dexcom from Minimed because of improved and more automated control, and haven't looked back. Still wishing for a cure, but know it's not going to happen for dinosaurs like me. I'll just be glad when young people will will one day experience that magic word: cure. It's too easy to sit around and complain, but it's high time for a cure, and way past time having us depend on treatment that is pretty much a money maker for big Pharma when it seems as if there's a cure waiting in the wings. Filling up landfills with used pump supplies, etc., makes our society look nothing but incompetent and greedy. Sorry to rant.......
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      The last time you discussed adding a new device or medication to your T1D management routine with your health care provider, who initially suggested trying the new device or medication?
      They do too often. Why I ask? Well because it will help long term.... oh how do you know that it will help? It's a brand new medication, never been used by the D community, except for the shortest term study mandated in order to get it to market, and sell. Long term has never been achieved... its NEW. Let's revisit/wait a couple years... if its MAGIC medicine, sure I'll try it. But unless it's got magic properties, guarantees magic results why would I want it, until it's been used for a decent while??? Oh well... yeah, guess that does makes sense....
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      Does your T1D health care provider currently offer the option to have virtual appointments (via phone or video call)?
      Yes and for the last year and a half that is exclusively what I have been offered so I am not getting all the usual checks an in person endo visit requires. ADA and others spent 10-20 years convincing endos they needed to check patients feet and that progress has evaporated.
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      I would rather see in person. He checks my feet, BP etc. we have a chance to catch up and for me to ask questions. To me so much better face to face. We did virtual during pandemic.
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    Does your health insurance offer benefits or cover services that adequately meet your needs?

    Home > LC Polls > Does your health insurance offer benefits or cover services that adequately meet your needs?
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    On average, how many adjustment boluses would you estimate you manually give yourself in a day? For the purposes of this question, these “adjustment boluses” do not include insulin automatically dosed by an algorithm without user input, and exclude doses given when also bolusing for food.

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    Has a stranger ever approached you to talk about your visible diabetes device(s)?

    Sarah Howard

    Sarah Howard (nee Tackett) has dedicated her career to supporting the T1D community ever since she was diagnosed with T1D while in college in May 2013. Since then, she has worked for various diabetes organizations, focusing on research, advocacy, and community-building efforts for people with T1D and their loved ones. Sarah is currently the Senior Manager of Marketing at T1D Exchange. Sarah and her husband live in NYC with their cat Gracie. In her spare time, she enjoys doing comedy, taking dance classes, visiting art museums, and exploring different neighborhoods in NYC.

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    36 Comments

    1. Gustavo Avitabile

      Here in Italy, like in most European countries, we have National Health Service, which is free (covered by general taxation) and covers our needs.

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      1. Lawrence S.

        Hooray for Italy and most European countries. Maybe someday in the distant future, the USA will catch up.

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      2. Amber Thompson

        Are ALL type 1 diabetes medications and supplies covered? At $0. At what percentage are you taxed?

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    2. Kathy Hanavan

      For diabetes, yes, but Medicare in their wonderful wisdom, does not cover eye, dental or hearing so those are big expenses for me.

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      1. Wanacure

        Kathy, you might be interested in a group that’s trying to expand Social Security and improve Medicare: https://pnhp.org/

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      2. Jian

        Medicare Advantage plans do cover those

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    3. Bruce Schnitzler

      A combination of Medicare and a supplemental policy.

      1 week ago Log in to Reply
    4. Steve Rumble

      My needs are met through a combination of private health insurance and services provided by the Veterans Administration. The VA is my primary source of T1D supplies but my private insurance provides ophthalmologic care.

      1 week ago Log in to Reply
    5. Sondra Mangan

      Tricare for Life denies inhaled insulin unless injected doesn’t work. I think I could benefit by treating the occasional sticky high with inhaled insulin—but it’s too expensive to pay completely out of pocket.

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    6. Gary Rind

      Ugh, Express Scripts is my PBM. made me dump FIASP and won’t cover Afrezza.

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    7. Mick Martin

      As stated by Gustavo Avitabile, most European countries have a National Health Service, which is covered by direct taxation. (I live in the UK, so my ‘insurance’ is our NHS (National Health Service).

      There IS the option to take out your own private insurance, and some people do this as they don’t like NHS ‘queues’, but I’m in no position, financially, to be able to do that.

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    8. Daniel Bestvater

      I live in Ontario Canada so I have no health insurance. I owned my own business and could not get health insurance due to a pre-existing condition (T1D).
      I have several friends in the same boat. I have spoken to a number of T1D’s that took government jobs just to be covered under their group medical plan. In hindsight this probably would have been a good decision financially!!

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      1. Lawrence S.

        Hmm. I always thought that Canada had a government health insurance program?

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    9. Lawrence S.

      I’m retired. Have Medicare and a supplemental from my former employment. However, I have had situation where I could not get the services that I need. Once I went to get a stress test with contrast. When I got to the testing site, they gave me a paper to sign which said that Medicare will probably not cover the cost of this test. They wanted me to pay $1200 up front. i walked out.
      Also, I have to buy my own eye insurance and dental insurance. I have no hearing aid insurance.

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    10. KIMBERELY SMITH

      Medical and medication Medical Wheelchair also Dietetic Supplies

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    11. Kris Sykes-David

      I am covered under my husbands federal health insurance and Medicare. Out of pocket costs somewhat inhibit me from trying a pump or Affreza. Like others mentioned, vision and dental are not covered.

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    12. Wanacure

      In Washington State we elected a very rigorous Insurance Commissioner. See https://www.insurance.wa.gov/
      And Kaiser Permanente, like Mayo & Cleveland Clinics, practices preventive medicine. So I get a discount on hearing aids, etc., BUT there are copays. And I pay for dental insurance, but it’s added to my monthly Advantage plan. I do get free gym membership because patients who exercise cost KP less. Next month I’ll take a free in-person Eccentrics class (see PBS) at Shoreline Senior Center, 20’ bus ride away. SO FIRST ELECT AN INSURANCE COMMISIONER WHO WILL SERVE CONSUMERS, ands who is NOT an insurance company stooge. I’d be much happier, though, with a non-profit health care provider as in Switzerland, or a state run non-profit health care plan: https://pnhp.org/
      And https://www.psara.org/

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      1. Amber Thompson

        I had Kaiser permanente in GA. They told me that unless I had an upper extremity disability or was an amputee, they do not cover the pens, only the vial. Same with medicare, they only cover the cheapest option, not the option that is best for the patient. Socialized medicine is not the answer to the healthcare issue in the USA.

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    13. Jane Cerullo

      I feel like I am discriminated against for choosing MDI with an InPen. I must pay co pay for two insulins and the InPen. Insurance charges a huge amount for pen needles. I get them mail order for a lot less. From Diathrive. I don’t understand why Medicare pays for a pump and also the insulin. And not for MDI. When I stop working will probably have to go back to a pump.

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    14. Pauline M Reynolds

      My only income is Social Security and I belong to an HMO. While my insulin was free with my previous insurance, the HMO is allowed to charge up to $35 a month, and they do. This was quite a shock at first, but I do appreciate the other economies they provide.

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    15. Sherrie Johnson

      Medicare plus supplement that covers the 20%. Not an inclusive not an advantage plan. So far no problems with all my diabetic supplies or anything else. I pay zero copay and deductibles. Anthem plan f very happy with it.

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      1. Wanacure

        Aha! Thanks for that info, Sherrie. So you chose Original Medicare & chose a Supplemental PLan? Sounds better than my KP Medicare Advantage Plan. Though it may involve seeing new doctors & much time changing my iPhone’s Contacts list, I’ve made an appt with a. SHIBA counselor to consider Original Medicare with a Supplement. Thanks for sharing. ❤️😎. My KP Endo doc & her team are only available on some days at some times. KP does NOT offer Original Medicare!

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    16. lis be

      We have to make choices based on what we can afford and what the insurance company covers instead of what will help us achieve the best control. (Bad blood sugar control ultimately cost insurance company and diabetics more money in time as a result) Insurance companies negotiate prices with some companies and not others. It’s hard to anticipate what they will do year to year, which of your doctors will be dropped from coverage. Which medicines will stay the same price. An example- for a decade I was able to afford insulin, syringes and blood test strips, but not a pump (etc). Then the company insurance changed, I had to find all new doctors in-the new network, get new prescriptions filled, and found out that I now could qualify for a pump, but I could not afford the test strips that talked to the pump.
      Now I’m anxiously awaiting the end of my 5 year medtronic 630 warranty so I can see if I qualify for IQ (or any smart pump that will keep my sugars level when I’m sleeping)

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    17. beth nelson

      It’s a shame that Medicare doesn’t cover any of the emergency hypoglycemia products … if somebody knows different, please tell me how to make this happen! Thank you!

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      1. Kristine Warmecke

        I just got a new glucagon kit (the type you have to mix) last year, the Medicare covered.

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    18. Steven Gill

      When I worked and with insurance was costly (stopped using a CGM several years) What I’ve learned since may have been less costly trying other systems, or looking at options.

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    19. Kristine Warmecke

      Being on Medicare my Novolog should cost $35 per month but since it’s not what is on the formulary I pay $70 per month. All the rest of my DM supplies are $0 as long as I use what they say I can.

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      1. Amber Thompson

        It is so stupid that insurance makes the medical decisions in this country, not the doctors.

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      2. Wanacure

        Kristine, are you on Original Medicare with a Supplemental Plan? If so, are their other supplemental plans available? Is Humalog on the formulary? It’s similar to Novolog: fast acting.

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    20. Janis Senungetuk

      Unfortunately, right now I don’t have health insurance. I’m very hopeful that by the end of October I’ll have completed the process to again have basic coverage.

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    21. Amber Thompson

      Currently, I am on a plan with Cigna through the healthcare marketplace that covers my Humalog pens, Basaglar pens, and freestyle libre so that I pay $0. But everything else, including endocrinology visits are very very expensive.

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    22. Anne Mueller

      Sometimes. As a diabetic who uses both a CGM and a pump., I use lots of supplies. My insurance gives me the exact number of supplies I need. With my pump and my insulin it is not as much of a problem because I spent an extended amount of time on prednisone and my doctor changed my prescriptions to have me change my infusion site every 2 days. I built up a supply of more than I needed. But my Dexcom is a whole different story. Dexcom has been good about replacing sensors when they come off early, but there are months when I come uncomfortably close with having to go without for a few days because . . . I don’t know why. They come off early and sometimes Dexcom doesn’t always replace them and the pharmacist Will Not Refill just because I am out of sensors, and even if they did, insurance won’t pay for it. You need to have back ups for all your supplies, including sensors, and it’s insane that you can’t have them. What if you run out on vacation? Too bad for you. You can have your prescription transferred to wherever you are, but after that, your endo or whoever writes your prescriptions will have to write a new one for your regular pharmacy because a prescription can only be transferred once. The whole thing is insane.

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      1. Wanacure

        Anne, take heart. Doctors. patients, volunteers are uniting & working to eliminate high cost of middlemen, needless paperwork & data entry, and to improve benefits. Here are some links: http://www.pnhp.org/ http://www.psara.org/, http://wholewashington.org/

        Are there similar groups in your state or a local chapter of physicians for a national healthcare plan?

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    23. Brad Larson

      Just wish they would cover my GLP-1 – Liraglutide

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    24. T1D4LongTime

      The health insurance coverage is great, but the processes PBMS and Medical Supply places use to provide DME and prescriptions for all diabetics is dangerous. Diabetics use varying amounts of devices and medications and the healthcare industry has a bias that assumes fixed amount of use (3 test strips per day for example or 1 infusion set cartridge every 3 days). This is not the way to manage our disease…. restricted by the number of devices/test strips we can use per day.

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    25. Jeff Balbirnie

      The insurance system is deliberately hostile toward our usage or being fully and correctly covered. Haphazard, entirely random insulin put in a specific coverage formulary, meters-strips fully covered in one period and refused coverage at some next random period. An openly hostile system against us period.

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