All About Insurance and Type 1 Diabetes

Navigating health insurance can be difficult—navigating health insurance while managing type 1 diabetes can be even harder! On this page, you will find various resources, news and personal stories to help make understanding and using health insurance while living with type 1 diabetes more manageable.

Editor’s note: This page is continuously updated to provide the latest information and insights surrounding health insurance and type 1 diabetes.

Resources

I Lost Medicaid—Now What?

Understanding The Different Types of Insurance Plans

Four Things To Compare When Deciding on Health Insurance

Insurance 101: Copay Cards

How to Get Started with a Mail Order Pharmacy

All About Medicare + Type 1 Diabetes

The Ins and Outs of FSAs + HSAs for People with Diabetes

Managing Diabetes with a High-Deductible Insurance Plan

Have Diabetes and Enrolling in Medicare? Start Here

Don’t Have Health Insurance Right Now? Read This

Health Insurance Hurdles 101: Insulin + Diabetes Supplies

Glossary for Navigating U.S. Healthcare

Managing Diabetes Without Health Insurance

Health Insurance Guide for T1D

The Deductible Problem

Open Enrollment Guide: Health Insurance Plan Types

Be a Health Insurance Advocate in Your Workplace

Get Insulin

Employment and Type 1 Diabetes

Insurance — Navigating Denials

News coverage

UnitedHealthcare Announces $0 Copay on Insulin, Glucagon + More, Beginning in 2023

Medicare Part D Senior Savings Model Caps Insulin Costs at $35 per Month

Novo Offers Free 90-Day Insulin Supply to People Recently Uninsured Due to COVID-19

New Medicare Plan Will Cap Insulin Copays at $35

New Guidance from the US Treasury Opens Door to High Deductible Exemptions for Diabetes Care

New Senate Bill Would Speed up Availability of Generic Insulin in the U.S.

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Healthcare

A Letter to the CEO of UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

Insurance Company Conduct Negatively Impacts T1D Patient

Personal stories

The Cost of Staying Alive

Health Insurance – Pulling Back the Veil

Insurance Changes and Harsh Realities

WRITTEN BY BT1 Editorial Team, POSTED 03/07/18, UPDATED 12/30/22

This piece was authored collaboratively by the Beyond Type 1 Editorial Team.