Stripping ping.
Coming soon to a death panel near you.
In other news preventative care visits are deemed too costly and only moderately beneficial for some patients.
This self-testing is also done by those who, by dent of their heritage, are concerned about flipping over into type 2 diabetes.
I have a family history of diabetes. But I am not diabetic, just worried about not being overweight (so far, so good) or encountering from some other factor that might bring on diabetes. So, I test myself from time to time.
The commenters are right, though. Big Government Health Care will see this as something to cut in the future.
What a bunch of morons! There are different types of type 2 and one of them is insulin resistant. My body produces insulin but the body fails to efficiently use it. Insulin will do nothing for insulin resistance. Monitoring is important because without it you don’t know if diet and exercise is working and even for those who take insulin you can’t always tell if the insulin dose is effective. Monitoring blood sugar is how I knew that diet and exercise were no longer working well and that I needed to start taking Metformin to regulate blood sugar through liver function. This is what you get when you let bureaucrats run things.
Coming soon to Amerika...’Merry Christmas’ to all you Type2 diabetics out there across the fruited plain from the Democrat Party and all their supporters! Ho, ho, ho!
Guess you’ll need to deteriorate to Type 1 Diabetes in order to get strips.
But the kicker now will be that insulin won’t be covered!
Is it just me, or are others noticing the pattern? Most of the medical news since the Democrats went over the cliff on medical care is about how preventative medicine is a poor use of resources, and we'd be better off without self monitoring of glucose, without mammograms, without pap smears, and without so many other tests that used to be considered essential back in the days when doctors who cared about patient outcomes made medical decisions. Today, with government bean counters in charge of medicine, we're going to get the "change" that Obama promised.
I’ve been doing this for a long time although I am not a diagnosed diabetic. I can find some good deals on ebay of unused strips. Just be sure to find some that are not expired or close to expiration. Another tip: The brand sold by Wal-Mart at a fraction of the price of others also gives very good and accurate results and they are also available on ebay.
I think it is just good insurance to keep from tipping into Type II diabetes as it is so common with obesity. And keeping weight off as we age is no easy task.
Years ago those with diabetes had to frequently visit their doctor for testing. The self check strips cut down significantly on doctor visits. I would think the test strips are cheaper than doctor visits. Of course with the new health care plan no one will be able to see the doctor frequently so I guess they will save money. As I see it, if you have diabetes and test strips are not paid for, and you can’t get in to see the doctor regularly to check your glucose then you will likely end up insulin dependendent and of course without proper care you will die sooner. So problem solved, they saved money on you and that is what really counts.