[Diabetes-Talk] new member and a question

[Gary-melconian]

that was the same case in my situation and my insurance provider here in 
California. I looked at dexcom G6 out of my pocket premiums were $350 every 
so often to do dexcom versus the freestyle libre being covered fully out of 
no pocket whatsoever for freestyle libre by the insurance provider. So I 
don't understand why there's discrimination against one CGI in versus the 
other it's just comes down to cost and what is reasonable for them to pay 
for as an insurance provider here in California. So hoping that all the 
features that are overseas in the freestyle libre 2 will arrive here and it 
will have an even set of cgm's as well as a few other cgm's that are being 
in trial phases to come on line down the road so we will have more choices 
and cost-effectiveness as things progress with CGM technology. Hope for the 
best take care have a good day.


On May 29, 2020 10:37:00 AM Sabrina Markel via Diabetes-Talk 
<diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> I tried getting the Dexcom G6, but my insurance won't cover it.  My doctor 
> and I looked in to it before considering the Libre, because he liked the 
> idea of the alarms and alerts.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2020 1:22 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter <bkpollpeter at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] new member and a question
>
> From what I understand, yes, the Libre is accessible if using your smart 
> device. However, as a T1, why not the Dexcom? It seems the better choice 
> for T1s. Has your doctor discussed Dexcom at all? It's also fully 
> accessible when using the app. Both will tell you BGs, but the Dexcom will 
> alert if you're going high or low, and how slow or fast you're going high 
> or low.
> With the Libre, you also have to hold the device near the sensor to get a 
> reading, whereas you can be in a 20 foot radius with Dexcom and get 
> readings; and in my experience, with the Dexcom G6, it's a longer range 
> than this. I know Libre is allegedly working on implementing features like 
> this, but the fact is that Libre currently doesn't offer these features 
> whereas Dexcom does. For T2s, I think Libre is probably fine, but for T1s, 
> I would recommend Dexcom over Libre. But again, both are accessible using 
> the app on a smart device, and you are able to set both up with the app 
> independently.
>
> Bridgit
>
>
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