Spring has arrived, and many of us are going through that annual ritual of seasonal cleaning… Leading perhaps to some D-surprises!
Thanks to funny man and illustrator Mr. Mike Lawson, our social media hero. Hope Spring (and all the cleaning!) is treating everyone well in the Diabetes Online Community!
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Have you heard about the new move by Medicare to slash prices of diabetes supplies by up to 72% this July, making a vial of test strips in many cases just $10.41 out-of-pocket?
Since Medicare generally sets the stage for competitive pricing across the board, this may sound like amazing news for so many of us suffering from the “stinging cost of test strips“! However, we’ve learned that this move may not be a good…
Shopping with diabetes might take on a whole new meaning in this kind of world…
Just imagine the scramble in that clearance aisle (!) Thanks to the talented Terry Keelan for continuing his popular If Diabetics Ran the World series, and once again making us smile!
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Despite having 10-12 hypos per month, Scott Bissinger had a problem remembering to carry fast-acting glucose with him. The reason? Lack of what he calls “the portability of glucose.” He knew there had to be a better way, and his proposed solution to the problem won him second place (and $10,000!) in a business venture competition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a senior majoring in Business Administration with…
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