Medicare Part B covers blood sugar test strips as a type of durable medical equipment (DME). After paying the annual Part B deductible, a person will only pay 20% of the cost of the test strips.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration is warning patients with diabetes about the recall of 62 million glucose test strips used to measure blood sugar levels. Nova Diabetes Care announced ...

(Reuters Health) – - Millions of blood sugar testing strips may be unneeded by the U.S. veterans who receive the strips through two government insurance programs each year, suggests a new study. There ...

Becoming temporarily blind in 2015 was Robert Hoey’s wake-up call to take control of his Type 1 diabetes. Hoey, 33, learned the hard way that his retinas could hemorrhage if his blood sugar gets too ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) - Diabetes is a disease that, for many, has become impossible to afford. With the high cost of insulin, many diabetics are looking for ways to cut back on other costs, including ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Diabetes Care announced on July 26th, 2013 ...