Sunday, September 28, 2008
I just read an article in a "throwaway" diabetes journal titled "Insulin Pens for Type 2 Diabetes." Although this article isn't on-line, there's a very similar article (published by the same authors!) in Diabetes Care, "Factors Affecting Use of Insulin Pens by Patients With Type 2 Diabetes."
I wa...
We have much better access to health insurance than the rest of the U.S.. At least in MA I can BUY my own insurance as a self-employed person with diabetes.
But over the past 2 years all the local insurers have stopped covering pens. One will let you have them if you are blind and get a note from your doctor. The other will give you a 10% discount on the retail price, but that's it.
Does that explain why people aren't using pens? I think so!