By Dave Dahl

SPRINGFIELD – Diabetics today are prescribed continuous glucose monitors. A bill would require insurers to cover more of them.

“I had a patient whose A1C, which is a common measure of their average blood sugar, was high,” said Dr. Emma Daisy, president of the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians. “When I reviewed her CGM, she was actually having low blood sugars in the early morning hours. Without that information, I might have made things much worse for her by increasing her medication. Instead, we were able to adjust her insulin and tweak when she took it to keep her in a more normal range for more of the time.”

Current law only covers Type One and Type Two diabetes. The bill has passed the Senate.

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