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I've been somewhat ambivalent about today's rally surrounding the United Nations Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases. The libertarian "party line" is that the United Nations does little more than abrogate nation-states' sovereignty and forcibly redistribute income from the wealthier nations to the less-wealthy, dampening incentives for innovation and destroying private charity efforts which would otherwise improve the lives of those in need. On the other hand, the prospect of spending time with friends I seldom see in-person is an opportunity not to be missed.

 

It's a dilemma I'd been wrestling with for a couple of months, and friendship was winning over politics. However, neither friendship nor politics had the choice to decide.

 

The deciding factor was money.

 

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One of the odd observances of the Christmas Skeptic is the effect of today's gift-giving Santa Claus on the development of greed amongst children. The observation is somewhat paradoxical considering greed is considered one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

 

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There has been much heat in the diabetes online community concerning the new Medicaid/Medicare restrictions on paying for blood glucose testing supplies for people with diabetes, including the belief that these limitations will quickly replace current private-insurance coverage policies. We're seeing some of those repercussions here as The Other Half has just been informed that instead of covering testing supplies ad libitum (as many as his doctor writes for, for whichever brand she writes for), they will only cover OneTouch or Accu-Chek strips, to a maximum of 51 strips per month for people with diabetes who do not require injectable insulin, and 204 strips per month for those who do require it. (READ MORE)

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One of the more heated discussions going through the diabetes online community is whether or not type 1 diabetes should be renamed to avoid it being lumped in with the public perception of type 2 diabetes. "Don't blame me because my pancreas decided to crap out on me!" is the rallying call -- implying, rightly or wrongly, that type 2 diabetes is always caused by the person with diabetes, through a combination of poor diet choices and poor lifestyle choices. Many people with type 2 diabetes -- particularly the young, fit, and not-obese -- also take issue with that perception. 

 

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It's Election Day. As the polls are continuing to count their votes, I'm watching the news coverage mostly unaffected. I know that whomever takes the country this year is going to bring big change for all of us. It's that kind of year. Even if it isn't a presidential election.

 

The votes are coming in with an overwhelming Republican projected sweep. Generally, I would vote Republican because I tend to be more conservative when it comes to taxes, gun control, et cetera. Yet I'm a moderate which means that I don't side with either party. I'm the kind of voter that would much rather pick and choose topics rather than parties. Let me vote yes or no for the "don't ask, don't tell" act. Or choose how the healthcare reform should be handled. Don't make me pick a party.

 

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This past weekend has seen a lot of DOC heat over Type 2 Diabetic and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee's analogizing signing up for medical insurance with a pre-existing condition to trying to insure a home after it has been completely burned to the ground, or a car that has been completely totaled. Our peers have been enraged at the idea that Governor Huckabee is discounting productive lives to the point that, if the analogy were allowed to be continued, we should be completely culled from society (read: euthanized) -- either at the point of diagnosis, or at the point at which we can no longer pay the cost of our medical upkeep ourselves.

 

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I really do. 

 

I smoke cigarettes.  It's been about a year since I started up again, after quitting for almost three years.  I'm rather ashamed of myself.  For the most part, I take good care of my body.  I test, I dose, I watch what I eat, I exercise.  

 

It is outright ridiculous that I'd make the choice to smoke.  But it's a choice I've made, that's developed into a hard habit to break.

 

The first time I quit, I was not a full-time smoker.  I had maybe four or five a day, and sometimes I didn't even smoke the full cigarette, disposing of half-butts with regularity.    Since restarting, I'm finding myself smoking close to a pack a day.  Frustrating, how it has crept up little by little and made me feel weak and rather stupid.  

 

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There are a lot of things in this world that I don't understand and don't choose to understand. Politics is one of them. I despise politics. I don't do office politics, I don't play games with people, I feel like I'm a straight-shoting tell-it-like-it-is kind of person. So, I really don't like politics. Which means I don't pay attention to bills and votes and all that nonsense. I should, I've tried, but I don't.

 

I do know enough to know that the passage of the health-care reform bill today and the fact that it's being sent to President Obama's desk to be signed in to law (which it will) is a big deal.

 

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and it's not about me.

 

I'm not even sure it's about medical insurance -- but it's sure about the D.

 

I've recently learned that a recent infection has cost a close real-life friend (and fellow PWD) another one of his toes, and a sizeable chunk of uncovered medical expenses. Until this weekend, a number of his close friends (including me) had known he'd been hospitalized, and that there was talk about a skin graft after everything healed -- but we didn't know the extent of the damage (both physical and fiscal).

 

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When I met with our new CPA for the first time, I brought him everything I could think he would need. In 2008 my family and I lived in two states and between me and my husband we had five jobs.

 

As we sat down to talk taxes, he asked the obvious, normal questions. And then the biggie: he wanted to know if I kept receipts or records from doctor's office co-pays or any other medical treatment. No, of course not, because I had no need to. Well, in Arizona, he said, you can write off your medical expenses, right down to your office co-pays.

 

Well, hot damn, I thought! I have tons of medical expenses!

 

"Co-pays, really?" I asked.

 

"Yes."

 

"Prescriptions?"

 

"Yes."

 

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