Posted by Jack on November 03, 2000 at 22:46:03:

In Reply to: State Insurance Guidelines posted by Tom Hawley on November 03, 2000 at 15:48:16:

: Thirty-eight of the 50 states have passed laws in their state legislature mandating coverage of diabetic supplies of insurance companies. Check with your State Bureau of Insurance to find out if they are participating. List of the states are avaiaable at http://www.diabetes.org , the American Diabetes Association.
Tom is absolutely right....I had to contact my insurance carrier after the RX provider for that
company initially refused to cover test strips and other (over the counter aids). I now have to
send in the receipts for reinbursement. I also had to have a script from the Doc. for the strips so
the insurance company would have it on file. It works, but you have to be persistant. It took me 3
phone calls and about an hour of my time, but that`s a smal price to pay. If I had given up after
the first call I would still be paying out of pocket........................Jack