What, you want more strips?

I'm not sure what the issue is. I went to get some more strips. DENIED

Over use is the issue. It seems that I'm using to many strips on my 6 year old type 1 diabetic child. Seems that maybe I need to decide which testing I should do away with. So which one? The one before baseball, or after baseball? The one before dinner or the one before bed. Maybe the one when she wakes up, or before lunch. Oh I know most definitely the one in the middle of the night after I sent her to bed at 106 after having some candy and yogurt.

How much fight does one mom have?

I sent a letter to Dianne Fienstien. That's the kind of gal I am. I'm just so thoroughly disgusted by all of this. If this is happening to my child I know it's happening to others as well. What about the kids whose parents don't realize they are getting the shaft by state health ins. Or the parents who don't speak fluent English. Or the kids of the parents who just doing care. What about those kids. This is unconscienceable, insurance company child can't get the medicine she needs to keep her well.

1 bottle of diabetes test strips are $100.00. We are using roughly 300 in a month. Insulin is $250.00 a month. ketone strips, Dr. appts. I'm looking at about $1000.00 a month in just medical costs for 1 child.