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AmyT on
November 9, 2012
Keeping up with our new Friday series, we bring you the next “life with diabetes” video short from filmmaker Jenny MacKenzie. This week’s clip dives into the scary deep end of the diabetes world by looking at the high costs of keeping up with daily management.
But despite the costs, this family’s motto for their kiddo: “Just Keep Swimming!”
Episode 6: Costs of D-Management
Anybody got any tips you’d like to share on managing…
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AmyT on
April 11, 2012
We all spend too much time fighting insurance coverage battles, am I right? This humongous time-sink can be one of the worst things about living with a chronic illness. But don’t take my word for it. Take a read on fellow D-blogger and journalist Mike Hoskins’ latest row:
Special to the ‘Mine by Mike Hoskins
Like most of you, we spend thousands of dollars in diabetes supplies and meds every year.
Thankfully, our insurance coverage…
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AmyT on
September 14, 2011
Employers enforce some stupid policies sometimes, for sure, but this one absolutely takes the cake! (or the chips, as it were) Last week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was forced to file a federal court suit against Walgreens for throwing a long-term employee with diabetes out on the street in 2008 after she ate a bag of $1.39 chips to offset a glucose low. She paid afterward, but hadn’t wanted to abandon her cash…
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Lack of access to diabetes supplies and education is a serious issue that we often talk about in regards to developing countries. But the fact of the matter is that it’s also a huge problem here in the U.S. This month’s DSMA (Diabetes Social Media) carnival topic aims to tackle the issue with this question:
Let’s discuss the lack of diabetes education, supplies and insulin for PWDs living here and in other countries. What can…
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The online diabetes community, led by Gina Capone, has dubbed today a special day to lobby for insurance coverage of new continuous glucose monitoring systems. The idea is that we all raise our voices, by talking openly about how important CGMS is to our health, whether it’s simply for preventing lows at the gym or for dodging fatal heart attacks and strokes.
As most of you know, CGM systems are new to the market and…
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