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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A Massachusetts college student with diabetes is facing a tough situation: Either she stops going to college full-time to qualify for the insurance she's currently using, or she opts for help from the state that isn't going to give her the quality of life she's used to. So what's a student trying to get ahead in life to do ? try to get an education on a part-time basis or get along without the insulin pump that helps her treat her diabetes?
Katie's had diabetes since she was 9, reports CBS Boston, and her mom has been grateful to qualify for MassHealth. That coverage has allowed Katie to use an insulin pump to regulate her blood sugar, something that at $1,000 a month, her single mother couldn't afford otherwise.
Things took a turn for the awful when Katie says she started getting phone calls after her freshman year at school, saying the appointments she had at the doctor weren't going to work out if she didn't have health insurance ? she'd have to find a way to pay. But wait, what about MassHealth? Turns out, they pulled the plug when she turned 19 and began attending college full-time.
http://consumerist.com/2012/07/stud...-between-health-care-or-going-to-college.html
Katie's had diabetes since she was 9, reports CBS Boston, and her mom has been grateful to qualify for MassHealth. That coverage has allowed Katie to use an insulin pump to regulate her blood sugar, something that at $1,000 a month, her single mother couldn't afford otherwise.
Things took a turn for the awful when Katie says she started getting phone calls after her freshman year at school, saying the appointments she had at the doctor weren't going to work out if she didn't have health insurance ? she'd have to find a way to pay. But wait, what about MassHealth? Turns out, they pulled the plug when she turned 19 and began attending college full-time.
http://consumerist.com/2012/07/stud...-between-health-care-or-going-to-college.html