About: http://data.cimple.eu/claim-review/4eb0e31aeba71ec9aa9278e43006720bbe1518ff1fe344d6d22333fb

Facets (new session)
Description
Metadata
Settings
- owl:sameAs
- Inference Rule:

About: http://data.cimple.eu/claim-review/4eb0e31aeba71ec9aa9278e43006720bbe1518ff1fe344d6d22333fb Goto Sponge NotDistinct Permalink

An Entity of Type : schema:ClaimReview, within Data Space : data.cimple.eu associated with source document(s)

Attributes	Values
rdf:type	schema:ClaimReview
http://data.cimple...lizedReviewRating	not credible
schema:url	http://www.snopes.com/fact-check/government-eliminating-test-strip-subsidy-for-diabetics/
schema:text	The Australian government eliminated test strip subsidies for most Type 2 diabetics who are not insulin-dependent. There have been no changes to the U.S. government's Medicare coverage for diabetics. Diabetics need to stay constantly aware of the levels of glucose in their blood, and they typically do so by pricking themselves in the finger and testing a drop of blood using a glucose meter several times a day. Keeping blood sugar levels in normal ranges ensures that diabetics don't encounter many of the serious health complications associated with the disease. It is therefore understandable that the prospect of losing access to test strips would cause alarm among diabetics, one that was set ringing when the Australian government eliminated a test strip subsidy for non-insulin dependent diabetics. However, despite rumors that have wafted across the Pacific Ocean, the United States government is not dropping any current coverage for diabetics who are Medicare subscribers. Jack Cheevers, spokesperson for the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services told us that Medicare's coverage for diabetics has not changed. Medicaid benefits are administered by individual states, and in all states except Arkansas, Kentucky and Mississippi, test strips are covered by Medicaid and/or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). In Arkansas, children are covered through CHIP, but in Kentucky and Mississippi, children are not covered or are given limited coverage, respectively. The Australian government, as of 1 July 2016, stopped subsidizing test strips for people who have Type 2, or adult-onset, diabetes and who are not on insulin. Australians who fall under that category have six months to adjust, and within that time span they can purchase a six-month supply of subsidized test strips. After that, they can get unlimited six-month extensions if a doctor deems it clinically necessary. Other than for diabetics on Medicare and Medicaid coverage, the U.S. government does not offer a subsidy for diabetic test strips.
schema:mentions	Children's Health Insurance Program Jack Harkness Blood sugar level Insulin dbpedia:Medicare_Advantage Pacific Ocean The Australian Mississippi Arkansas Kentucky Diabetes Medicaid United States Glucose meter
schema:reviewRating	Mostly False
schema:author	snopescom
schema:datePublished	2016-08-22 (xsd:date)
schema:inLanguage	English
schema:itemReviewed	http://data.cimple.eu/claim/ec22c74a19ea40680c1682b9301a9c66ef18bea67a9323759e9fdfb1

Faceted Search & Find service v1.16.115 as of Oct 09 2023

Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE Content Formats:

RDF

ODATA

Microdata

About

OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3238 as of Jul 16 2024, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-musl), Single-Server Edition (126 GB total memory, 5 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2025 OpenLink Software