Diabetes Insurance - Can You Afford Not To Be Covered?

Medical Health Insurance For Diabetes

Recently I was reading an article about 'Uninsured Diabetes' by David and Elizabeth Edelman and realised how fortunate I am living in the UK where I do not have to pay for my medication because I am a diabetic.

Several years ago I encountered a number of health problems and the end result was that I was diagnosed as being a diabetic and put directly onto insulin. To be honest if I had to pay for the test strips, meter, insulin, clinic visits, podiatrist, dietician and endocrinologist I would be broke or dead! However, God Bless England, because once you are diagnosed as a diabetic and receiving treatment with insulin to control it, you do not have to pay for any medication whatsoever, even medication that is not related to diabetes.

However for my cousins across the pond it is story is very different. Unless you have medical insurance you have to find some way to pay for your diabetic medication and supplies. Unfortunately, many health insurance companies do not cover diabetes and even if you find a company that does it is more than likely that your premiums will be expensive.

So what do you do if you cannot afford medical insurance? For Type 1 Diabetics it is particularly difficult because they need insulin every day in order to remain healthy and alive. Type 1 Diabetics do not produce any insulin and depend on the synthetic formulas in order to survive. That is why it must be extremely difficult in countries where there is no national health service which provides free medication and understands the difficulties that diabetics encounter.

I suppose the best advice I can give is to shop around to obtain the best and most affordable healthcare insurance that specializes in diabetic health insurance. Plus when you are purchasing supplies, insulin and pills buy generic alternatives to the branded name products as they can be as much as 1/2 the price!

So far as Type 2 Diabetes is concerned it has to be said that it can be managed through a regime of pills, diet and exercise. Sadly, however, as much as 60% of diabetics who initially take pills and follow a diet progress from pills to injecting insulin, which is much more expensive. This figure is particularly high when you consider that Type 2 diabetes can be reversed with consumption of the right type of foods, physical exercise and weight loss.

Type 2 Diabetics face the same problems as Type 1 diabetics in relation to obtaining health insurance, and the same principles mentioned above apply, but as a Type 2 diabetic you have the option of not requiring health insurance because you can reduce or eliminate any dependence on medication by taking control and aiming to reversing your diabetes and begin to produce insulin naturally. This can be achieved by following tried and tested diabetes reversing guidelines.

However, there does appear to be relief on the horizon and maybe Barack Obama's healthcare reforms may help to alleviate the financial burden that people with diabetes face.

DeAnna Dubis

If you have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes there is still the chance that you can avoid expensive health care premiums, especially if you work towards reversing your diabetic condition through proven natural health alternatives to diabetic pills and insulin. Visit Care For Diabetes for tried and tested formulas that can reverse diabetes.

Diabetes - The Nation's Next Epidemic? Diabetes Symptoms and Facts

Well, as most of you know who are reading this article diabetis number one cause is diet (hence the name). Now, let's take a look at the typical American diet; It's chalked full of fast food, highly preserved foods, starch, sugar and soda pop. All of this equaling to a diet void of nutrients and high in empty starchy, sugary calories. Not making for a good fight against a diabetic disorder. As opposed to some other Nations such as people who live in the tropics or different parts of Asia whose diets consist of what the native land has to offer such as boundless fruits and vegetables; coupled with soy and rice which lacks gluten (starch). It seems like the prices of produce has sky rocketed since the economy has taken a downturn these past few years closely contesting the price of gold or oil.

Did you know that there are literally hundreds upon hundreds of different types of melons that can be found in the rainforest? We only have access to about 1-2% of that melon population here in the U.S. There's even a melon that seems to possess anti-aging properties which have now been harnessed in a beauty tonic to battle facial wrinkles. Now think about what putting such wonder foods in your body could do for it as opposed to putting things in it that are one molecule away from plastic (margarine, used in preserved foods and many fast foods). Produce is packed full of amazing nutrients for your body such as flavonoids, caratenoids, and bioflavanoids just to name a few, and every fruit or vegetable has different combinations of those 'wonder ingredients' which is what makes them all look and taste differently. Now it makes sense why mother was always so adamant about saying 'eat your vegetables bobby.'

Now that we have a little background into what causes diabetes let's take a little closer look into some of the facts behind the disease. Just thought it might be interesting to put a different perspective on the dilemma in a blunt fashion, as most are not that brash to just come right out and say so. There are essentially four different main types of diabeties including; gestational, pre-diabetes, and type-1 and type-2 diabeties; type-2 being the most common.

Since type-2 is the most common let's take a look at some of the diabeties symptoms associated with this version of the illness;

Increased thirst

Increased hunger (especially after eating)

Dry mouth

Frequent urination

Unexplained weight loss (even though you are eating and feel hungry)

Fatigue (weak, tired feeling)

Blurred vision

Headaches

Loss of consciousness (rare)

All of the named symptoms are due to levels of high blood sugar.

Here is the adverse side of the symptoms for low blood sugar;

Nausea.

Extreme hunger.

Feeling nervous or jittery.

Cold, clammy, wet skin and/or excessive sweating not caused by exercise.

A rapid heartbeat (tachycardia).

Numbness or tingling of the fingertips or lips.

Trembling.

If any of these symptoms seem relevant and you have not been checked out or diagnosed with the illness it is recommended that you set an appointment with your primary care physician to get some tests run.

The treatments that are available for diabetis include some of the following; Insulin treatment-normally injected with a hypodermic oral diabetic medications-There are several prescription drug options. Alternative medicine-biofeedback, acupuncture, and much more. in severe cases transplants- islet cell and pancreas transplants.

Lastly, here are some important diabetic facts you should know;

- At least 171 million people worldwide are affected by diabetes, and this number is estimated to double by 2030.

- Six deaths every minute are attributed to complications of diabetes; that equals out to 3.2 million deaths a year!

- Recent studies in China, Canada, USA and several European countries have shown that feasible lifestyle interventions can prevent the onset of diabetes in people who are determined to be at high risk.

*Perhaps the most important of all the information that has been provided here is the latter statement of what can help to prevent the complete onset of diabetes in individuals who have been pre-determined to be at risk for the illness.

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