My insulin Log

We don’t have the funds for him to go to the doctor every six months for his diabetic testing and we don’t have the funds to buy his insulin! It’s very expensive! I’m scared and don’t know where to get help! It appears that we don’t qualify for anything. I’m on unemployment due to being laid off, my husbands had a huge pay cut, we have two in college. Where can we get help with my husbands diabetes medical care? does anyone know?

I know if its possible to find one I will probably have a 2 year waiting period.

I was recently diagnosed with diabetes and would like to know if I were to change medical insurance if it would be considered a pre-existing condition for which I would be denied coverage for medical treatment related to diabetes. I appreciate any advise/feedback.

i am morbidly obese (5′9″-294 lbs)I have insulin resistant diabetes. In my treatment plan I am to take along with my Metformin 2 other drugs to aid in my weight loss BYETTA-and XENACAL. I also have neuropathy as a complication from the diabetes and am prescribed LYRICA. My insurance will not cover the XENECAL for it is a weight loss drug and considered a “frivilous” expense. Nor will they cover LYRICA for it is new on the market .Ineed these meds in order to live a productive life to help loose the weight so i will not be diabetic. I am 45. I want to live until I’m 75. With out these meds ,I could die in 5 years.
The cost of these meds are -XENECAL-$230.00 for a 30 day supply
LYRICA-$210.00 for a 30 day supply.

At this point I have major insurance by the county but it only last 6 months. I was diagnosed with Diabetes while on this insurance. To my knowledge, insurances companies have to cover you if you have previous insurance???? How would the preexisting condition affect this?

P.S. I am taking medication for the Diabetes 2.

Thanks,

H.C.
Any idea how much insurance cost for individual.

Other than the Diabetes, I am healthy.

I do weight 254 but I am 6 4 with muscle.

I have Type 1 diabetes and at the moment i am covered by my Step-mothers health insurance but in 2010 her insurance runs out for me, is there anyway of getting Health insurance to cover my diabetes except by getting a job that has health insurance as standard?

late last year, President bush passed a bill that diabetes is a disability. It was written in one of the diabetes magazines. Yet, I can’t get health insurance. When I find a carrier who will insure me, the price is so high, I can’t afford it and my diabetes supplies. Without the insurance I can’t afford the supplies. I can’t use my pump because I can’t afford the infusion sets. I take my insulin, if I’m lucky, once a week, because I can’t afford it. I don’t know what to do. MA in Minnesota does have a program that will insure a person who has a disability and is working. I would pay a sliding fee. The problem is that since social security doesn’t recognize diabetes as a disability like the president and congress does, neither does the state of Minnesota. Any one have any ideas that may help me?

my boyfriend is a 19 year old type-1 diabetic. he currently lives with his parents and is under their insurance. they keep threatening to kick him out and we want to move in together anyways. he is a full time college student (grades were not so great in his first year) and he works more or less full time for no benefits.

how can we go about “growing up” when he will not be able to afford his supplies and doctors visits.

please help with advice. anyone who has dealt with this before or knows anything about it.

he cannot be a successful student or a happy human being living under that roof. we need help badly. we need to get out.

My girlfriend, a type-1 diabetic, was at a miserable job for 3 months waiting to begin health insurance. After putting up with it for that long, she had to quit. Now, most other jobs she has been interviewing at require a 3 month wait until health coverage starts. What can we do to get her health insurance in-between jobs, even though she has a “pre-existing condition”? I am worried about something happening to her in the meantime and we need to get her insured. Short of getting married and adding her to my plan, are there any viable alternatives? Thanks.

I currently don’t have insurance(I did up until I got laid off in July), but I should hopefully get benefits in 5 months with my new job. It was expensive to keep the insurance that I had through work. Right before my insurance was cut off my doctor told me I should get tested for diabetes. Now I’m wondering if I should wait until I get health insurance again or if it’s better for me to just go to the doctor and pay for it out of pocket. I won’t qualify for any low-income medical care.
How much does it cost monthly for medicine, testing supplies, and doctor visits? How often do you go to the doctor?
It would be great to hear from people with and without insurance. If you have insurance if it’s HMO or PPO.
What are the chances that if I paid for insurance now that the company would cancel it as soon as they found out if I had diabetes?
Thanks for any help anyone can give.

my mother is 63 yrs old & she suffers from anxiety, HBP, & diabetes is there any way she can get any kind of insurance or even drug coverage? She has to take care of me, because I am a quadriplegic & she is not physically able to work, but she has been turned down twice for disability. She does not have any type of insurance coverage. The insulin that she takes for her diabetes is very expensive & also is her HBP medicine & her anxiety is also very expensive. After that, you have to add a $250 doctor’s visit on top of all of that. Does anyone know if it would be possible for her to get her diabetes medicine and supplies for free?

My benefits at work do not cover any of my medicines or medical supplies. I been looking for an insurance even though I do have a pre-existing illness

I am considering going to Taiwan for a year or two to teach English, and most employers offer the National Health Insurance. I am concerned about getting blood glucose testing supplies, insulin pumps supplies, and insulin. Clearly there is diabetes in Taiwan, but between the language barrier and trying to explain specifically what I need, it’s been difficult to get answers.
Basically, what I’m trying to find out is if it will cost me an arm and a leg to get my diabetes supplies with the National Health Insurance as well as where I can get what I need, including a doctor’s prescription.
Thank you so much for any info you can offer!

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