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Health care reform for all people with, or at risk for, diabetes

Health Care Stories

Every day, millions of people affected by diabetes are struggling to afford the care they need to maintain their health and safety, as well as their jobs and quality of life. These are their stories:

Matter of life, death
Check out this article publised in the St. Petersburg Times in which reporter Robert Steinback talks about what will happen the when his COBRA insurance benefits run out in January 2010.

Gina (Lakewood, Ohio) Imagine that your old syringe breaks off in your leg, but you wait and hope it will work itself out. It doesn't and causes an infection that sends you to the emergency room … [read more]	DeLunte (Silver Spring, Maryland) Without coverage, I feel like I'm being left to die … [read more]
Jessie (Huntington, West Virginia) It's not good; my blood sugar levels are not where they should be but the insulin is so expensive … [read more]	Leslie & Chelsea (Salina, Kansas) I've never not paid a bill in my life. I work hard. But medical bills are a huge hit on my credit card bill … [read more]

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“Insurance was so high priced due to 'my condition' I had to end up dropping it and simply go back to the routine of not going to the doctor like I should, not having the A1c test as often as I should and stretching pills to survive on a day to day basis!” — Deborah (Oklahoma)

“I was a juvenile diabetic not diagnosed until age 25 … I am now 44 years old and on dialysis currently getting a workup for transplant. I work full time because I can't afford to be without my health insurance. Even with a full time job, I struggle everyday to keep up with the high cost of prescriptions, doctor appointments, and testing materials.” — Sanjuana (Texas)

“I am very afraid that in the future I will not be able to afford to keep taking my medications and pay for my testing strips, etc. due to the amount of Social Security I will receive and the fact that my retirement plan just went down the tubes in the economy. I don't have the years it is going to take to recover. If I don't have good medical care I will cost everyone more with the consequences of not being able to keep up my treatment with Diabetes.” — Betty (Minnesota)