When it comes to getting health insurance, I’ve been lucky. But I know that it’s a huge problem for many of us who have diabetes.

So being able to write something positive about health insurance has been something that I have wanted to do for a long time. That time is now. [Read more →]

For your health here is something that people who have both diabetes and another disease can push their insurance companies to provide. It’s a telemedicine device and data management system called the Commander that can save them money and might also save your life. [Read more →]

Taking Byetta is a lot easier than getting it. At least for me.

Byetta (pronounced bye-A-tuh) has been an interest of mine for years. I learned about it eight years ago this month in an interview with Richard Krawiec, who was then Amylin’s spokesman. Then four years ago I wrote what I think was the first article about Byetta for my column on American Diabetes Association’s website. [Read more →]