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- Type of diabetes
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This is something that annoys the heck out of me super bad.
In the Netherlands, people who inject 4 times a day (or more) are only allotted a total of 400 test strips per 3 months. This is the maximum, there is no insurance company that covers more than this. If your DNS deems it medically necessary, you can get a temporary increase (up to 6-7 strips a day) for 6 months. After that your DNS has to resubmit the form. The DNS also has to back up this decision with their records, so if the records show you're doing fine, you can say goodbye to 2 extra strips a day.
This means you only get to test about 4 times a day, only before meals and before bed time, providing you have 3 meals a day and no snacks. Or if you do, well, you better guess what your value is!
This is madness. If you want more test strips, they come out of your own pocket. Meanwhile they're moaning and groaning how poorly controlled diabetics are over here. Well no &$#* Sherlock! We get told to take x units per meal on Novorapid, we're not taught how to count carbs or how to work with i:c ratios, we're not given any flexibility on how to manage our diabetes, but we get the stink eye when our values are poor and increasing our risks for complications.
I'm mad about this. I'm angry that our premiums are increasing every year but we get less and less in return. I'm mad that the system doesn't promote health the way it should.
I'm on disability and paying for extra strips every 3 months is very very hard on my budget - but it's a necessity. I wish they would wake up and see what they're doing to us over here.
In the Netherlands, people who inject 4 times a day (or more) are only allotted a total of 400 test strips per 3 months. This is the maximum, there is no insurance company that covers more than this. If your DNS deems it medically necessary, you can get a temporary increase (up to 6-7 strips a day) for 6 months. After that your DNS has to resubmit the form. The DNS also has to back up this decision with their records, so if the records show you're doing fine, you can say goodbye to 2 extra strips a day.
This means you only get to test about 4 times a day, only before meals and before bed time, providing you have 3 meals a day and no snacks. Or if you do, well, you better guess what your value is!
This is madness. If you want more test strips, they come out of your own pocket. Meanwhile they're moaning and groaning how poorly controlled diabetics are over here. Well no &$#* Sherlock! We get told to take x units per meal on Novorapid, we're not taught how to count carbs or how to work with i:c ratios, we're not given any flexibility on how to manage our diabetes, but we get the stink eye when our values are poor and increasing our risks for complications.
I'm mad about this. I'm angry that our premiums are increasing every year but we get less and less in return. I'm mad that the system doesn't promote health the way it should.
I'm on disability and paying for extra strips every 3 months is very very hard on my budget - but it's a necessity. I wish they would wake up and see what they're doing to us over here.