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  2. Blood glucose monitoring - Wikipedia

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    Blood glucose monitoring is the use of a glucose meter for testing the concentration of glucose in the blood ().Particularly important in diabetes management, a blood glucose test is typically performed by piercing the skin (typically, via fingerstick) to draw blood, then applying the blood to a chemically active disposable 'test-strip'.

  3. Health care prices in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The introduction of high-deductible insurance has increased demand for pricing information among consumers. As high-deductible health plans rise across the country, with many individuals having deductibles of $2500 or more, their ability to pay for costly procedures diminishes, and hospitals end up covering the cost of patients care. Many ...

  4. Diabetes management - Wikipedia

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    The main goal of diabetes management is to keep blood glucose (BG) levels as normal as possible. [1] If diabetes is not well controlled, further challenges to health may occur. [1] People with diabetes can measure blood sugar by various methods, such as with a BG meter or a continuous glucose monitor, which monitors over several days. [2]

  5. Diabetes: Everything You Need to Know, from Symptoms to Treatment

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    Diabetes is very common. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that 38.4 million people in the United States are currently living with diabetes. That’s 11.6 percent of the ...

  6. Insulin costs will be capped in 2023, but most people with ...

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    More than 50% of insulin users with employer-based insurance spent over $35 out-of-pocket on average for a 30-day supply of insulin in 2019 and 2020, according to the Health Care Cost Institute, a ...

  7. Glucose meter - Wikipedia

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    In Britain, a health care professional or a patient may refer to "taking a BM": "Mrs X's BM is 5", etc. BM stands for Boehringer Mannheim, now part of Roche, who produce test strips called 'BM-test' for use in a meter. [5] [6] In North America, hospitals resisted adoption of meter glucose measurements for inpatient diabetes care for over a decade.

  8. The skyrocketing cost of health care is creating ‘a new type ...

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    After living through the first pandemic in over a century, Americans could be in the midst of another one. “We’re facing a new type of pandemic…the affordability crisis is a pandemic.”

  9. Glucose test - Wikipedia

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    type 1 and type 2 diabetes or prediabetes. If diagnosed with diabetes, regular glucose tests can help manage or maintain conditions. Type 1, is commonly seen in children or teenagers whose bodies are not producing enough insulin. Type 2 diabetes, is typically seen in adults who are overweight.