ACT 1 recognizes that for many reasons, adults with type 1 diabetes may not be able to access affordable medication and supplies needed to treat their disease.
* New Health Insurance says diabetes is a “Pre-existing Condition.”
* Health Insurance puts a cap on the amount of medication/supplies that the insurance will cover.
* No Health Insurance
* Hit hard economic times
Regardless of the reason, ACT 1 strives to help its community in any way possible. To aid this effort, we are setting up a NON-Presciption Diabetes Supplies Portal. If you have extra test strips, glucometers, glucose (tablets, liquids, icings) that are not expired, and would like to help out a community member in need, please contact supplies@act1diabetes.org.
If you are an ACT 1 community member residing within the United States who is in need of one or more of the above NON-Prescription supplies, please fill out this brief intake form. We will determine if we are able and have the resources to help you after your initial contact with us. We are not able to be a sustainable source of supplies for individuals – this resource is for interim periods of urgent need, however we may be able to direct you to further resources that can assist you.
ACT 1 will do a blind exchange (donor to ACT 1, ACT 1 to recipient) to ensure identities are kept undisclosed.
DISCLAIMER: ACT 1 members are NOT medical professionals. Any information or supplies received from ACT 1 should not substitute that from medical professionals. ACT 1 is not liable for any improper usage of or results from supplies ACT 1 distributes. Test strips need to be used with their corresponding meters, often must be calibrated for the specific bottle, and may not be used after their expiration date.