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op-notch diabetes control often requires soup”—or coverage specifics—of different
Thigher-than-average costs for diabetes plans. The ideal time to do this is during the
equipment (meters, test strips, syringes, etc.) open enrollment period with their employer
and key medical interventions (medications, or during the sign-in period for the health
education, visits to primary care physicians, market exchanges under the Patient Protec-
specialist exams, etc.). Because of these costs, tion and Affordable Care Act. To help make
people with diabetes frequently ask how to this task easier, the most important specific

choose the right health plan with the right coverage items for people with diabetes are
coverage at a price they can afford. The best outlined in Table 1, which spell out “ITEMS
method is comparing the “diabetes alphabet IN PLANS COVERAGE.”

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