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Savvy Politics: 11/6/2016: Insulin Prices, Medicare & CGM, Voters’ Guide 2016
NO, this is not a political forum … but news about and for diabetics in medicine, Medicare, and a quick 2016 Voters’ Guide for Diabetics! Bernie Sanders is Going After Insulin Makers over Price Hikes, Tuesday, November 1, 2016! YEAH, Bernie! He posted several...![A Child Died from T1 … SO WRONG!](https://i0.wp.com/thesavvydiabet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/stockfresh_1953981_3d-small-people-paradise_sizeS_032f3f-300x246.jpg?resize=142%2C116&ssl=1)
A Child Died from T1 … SO WRONG!
Parents on Trial for Refusing to Give Insulin to a Child with Type 1 Diabetes is the headline in InsulinNation’s piece by Craig Idlebrook, 23 September 2016 … and it caught my attention. Emil and Rodica Radita are on trial in Calgary for the first-degree...![Remember Bill Carlson? Truly Inspirational!](https://i0.wp.com/thesavvydiabet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bill_Carlson_Wave_Bike-768x605-300x236.jpg?resize=250%2C197&ssl=1)
Remember Bill Carlson? Truly Inspirational!
I met Bill Carlson many years ago at one of the early IDAA conferences (IDAA: International Diabetes Athletes Association, started by Paula Harper in Arizona in the 1990’s). I was in awe and I was surrounded by other amazing super athletes. I, of course, was...![How Do I Advocate for Myself? From 2 HC Professionals](https://i0.wp.com/thesavvydiabet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/From-both-ends-193x300.png?resize=119%2C185&ssl=1)
How Do I Advocate for Myself? From 2 HC Professionals
How Do I Advocate for Myself was written and posted by Kathleen Hoffman on Medivizor on 27 September 2016 and contains some wonderful suggestions and insights. Kathleen Thompson, MD is a physician specializing in pharmaceutical drug research in the UK. A breast...![Savvy Updates, 10/9/2016: CGM’s Standard of T1 Care, J&J Letter on Pump Cyber Bug, Sanofi Moves to Block Generic Lantus, U Penn Pairs Med Students with Patients](https://i0.wp.com/thesavvydiabet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Endocrine-society-300x110.png?resize=300%2C110&ssl=1)
Savvy Updates, 10/9/2016: CGM’s Standard of T1 Care, J&J Letter on Pump Cyber Bug, Sanofi Moves to Block Generic Lantus, U Penn Pairs Med Students with Patients
“Diabetes Technology – Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Therapy and Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Adults: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline,” was published online and appearing in the November 2016 print issue of The Journal of...![Interested in the Global Efforts? No Child Should Die of Diabetes](https://i0.wp.com/thesavvydiabet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/LFAC-group-187x300.png?resize=214%2C343&ssl=1)
Interested in the Global Efforts? No Child Should Die of Diabetes
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is an umbrella organization of over 230 national diabetes associations in 170 countries and territories. It represents the interests of the growing number of people with diabetes and those at risk. The Federation has been...![Amazing NYTimes Blog: Thinking About Diabetes With Every Bite](https://i0.wp.com/static01.nyt.com/images/2009/11/12/health/12well_price/articleInline.jpg?w=1080&ssl=1)
Amazing NYTimes Blog: Thinking About Diabetes With Every Bite
Catherine Price, a T1d, wrote this piece for the NY Times in 2009 … I just read it and it is as current as if it were written yesterday. I sat here, nodding yes as I read it, spot on, every comment, every thought. Thank you, Catherine! Here are some excerpts...![A Shout Out from Bonnie Sher about The Savvy Diabetic!](https://i0.wp.com/thesavvydiabet.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/kindleCover-188x300.jpg?resize=149%2C238&ssl=1)
A Shout Out from Bonnie Sher about The Savvy Diabetic!
Wow, Bonnie Sher, THANK YOU! At minute 29 in her UBN Internet Radio/TV show, The Bonnie Sher Show – Boomer Life, 9/29/2016, Bonnie gives me a GRAND Shout Out for my book, The Savvy Diabetic: A Survival Guide. ...![A Little Humor: Knock Knock Jokes about T1d](https://i0.wp.com/4.bp.blogspot.com/-VBdgClf0T-k/Twe3LrR1vsI/AAAAAAAAASw/7rmf2og8NbY/s1600/laughter.gif?w=1080)