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 contact supplies@act1diabetes.org. 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.