The Huddle: Conversations with the Diabetes Care Team

Overcoming Cost Barriers in Diabetes Care: Research and Solutions

Episode Summary

The increasing cost of diabetes has driven individuals to make difficult choices to afford their care. Michelle Litchman, PhD, FNP, FAANP and Julia Blanchette, PhD, RN, CDCES join us to share their latest research on the topic and what diabetes care and education specialists can do to support clients.

Episode Notes

Resources

• Mutual Aid Diabetes: https://mutualaiddiabetes.com/
• Get insulin: https://getinsulin.org/
• Non-insulin, non-injectable medications, if you don’t have insurance coverage: https://www.goodrx.com/
• ADCES Cost-Saving Guide: DiabetesEducator.org/Affordability
• Julia's Dissertation Manuscript: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pedi.13216
• Michelle's Underground Trading paper: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1932296819888215
• GoFundMe results (abstract): https://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/70/Supplement_1/574-P
• 1 in 4 ration insulin statistic: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2717499