[Diabetes-talk] Insurance... Here we go again!!!

[dmgina]

You told them you were not diabetic?
How did you get your strips then, pay for them yourself?

--Dar
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Every saint has a past
every sinner has a future

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "catdancing" <catdancing at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 7:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Insurance... Here we go again!!!


>i used to get insurance from my now x husbands company the diabetes 
>supplies, tests etc were not covered for the first year.After the divorce i 
>was unable to get insurance until i found a job that gave insurance to it's 
>employees. the cost of my (at the time) car insurance was so high because 
>of diabetes i finally quit telling them i was diabetic i used to move from 
>one state to another sorta frequently.
> Debbie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 4:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Insurance... Here we go again!!!
>
>
>> all the time, I believe there is a man who sells life insurance that work 
>> with the NFB, he was at our state convention and I believe he is at the 
>> National every year, he says those raffel tickets.  Mike do you know who 
>> I am speaking of?
>>
>>
>> Cheryl Echevarria
>> Treasurer
>> National Federation of the Blind Greater Long Island Chapter
>> Member NAGDU, NYAGDU and DAN
>>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>>  From: The Jacobs' Family<mailto:bandbjacobs at verizon.net>
>>  To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org<mailto:diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>  Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 11:24 PM
>>  Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Insurance... Here we go again!!!
>>
>>
>>  Hey Guys:
>>
>>  I was on the phone with an insurance broker this afternoon because I'm 
>> investigating supplemental insurance for my family and myself.  I was 
>> told that because of my diabetes, that I'm "Uninsurable."  How many of 
>> you guys have come up against this and how do ya get around this one?  Of 
>> course, the guy couldn't tell me that I couldn't get insurance because of 
>> my blindness, at the risk of diving right into a sling.  So he had to 
>> claim that because of my diabetes, I was "uninsurable."  Feedback???
>>
>>  Thanks a bunch guys.
>>
>>  Bern
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