Diabetic Supplies Covered By Medicaid and Medicare
Article by Lew Newmark
If you are someone who lives with diabetes than you have a lot of different things that you need to keep track of on a daily and weekly basis. Things such as doctors appointments, staying active through some sort of an exercise program, eating proper meals, and the most important thing of all…keeping track of your blood glucose levels. Of all the things that you have to do, this is the most important and in order to take your blood level readings every day, you need to have the proper equipment and the supplies that are recommended for them on hand.
This can be a real problem for someone who has no way to pay for these supplies. If your unemployed, or work somewhere without insurance, or you are a retired baby boomer with some sort of coverage than the only hope that you have to get these important life saving supplies is through government run programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.
Both of these programs are US run healthcare programs that cover both families that have low incomes and fall under certain criteria, and also cover senior citizens who are age 65 or older.
The differences between the two programs are these;
Medicare is a government run health care program that covers senior citizens age 65 or older, with some criteria that may cover disabled people who are under the age of 65, but are disabled and cannot work.
Medicaid is also a government run health care program, but this program is meant to cover families and individuals who fall under certain financial criteria.If you are a person who has coverage under Medicare and or Medicare then you will be able to get your diabetic supplies either free or covered at 80% by either Medicare or Medicaid.
You will be responsible for the other 20% which will either be covered by supplemental insurance or will have to be paid as an out of pocket expense. It should be noted that if you have enough of these out of pocket expenses, they can be a medical tax deduction at the end of the current tax year.
Some of the supplies that are covered include; Diabetes testing meters Test strips Insulin pump supplies Needles and Syringes
It should also be noted that the Medicare and Medicaid limits may be exempted due to the patients needs by the governing agency that the patient is using benefits under.
Copyright Lew Newmark. Lew was diagnosed with a Vascular disease named Churg Strauss Syndrome in June of 2008. He now lives with this incurable disease each day, and is also pre-diabetic. For more information about CSS and Diabetes visit his blog Lew Newmark: My Domestic Life
About the Author
Lew Newmark was diagnosed with a rare vascular condition called Churg Strauss Syndrome in June of 2008. There is no cure for this disease,and he lives with this rare condition day by day. Due to this condition Lew suffers with Neuropathy in both of his feet, extreme Asthma issues and was also diagnosed as a pre-diabetic. Diabetes runs in Lew’s family so he has to be diligent as to staying on top of his health issues.
Tagged with: covered • Diabetic • Medicaid • Medicare • Supplies
Filed under: Diabetes Testing Equipment
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