If you are a New Yorker and have been denied coverage by insurance or would like coverage for the Continous Glucose Monitoring systems I have great news.
A friend of mine spoke personally to NY State Assemblyman Robert Sweeney last night. Here is what transpired.
Assemblyman Sweeney said that when he drafted the NY State mandatory insurance [...]

Hey everyone,
Today at 1pm est. the CGMS denial petition reached over 500 signatures. In a little over a week. This is great news! We need 2000 by November 14, 2008 on World Diabetes Day to fulfill our goal.
<b>Please keep passing the petition link on to everyone you know!
<a href=”http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/CGMSdenial/index.html”>http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/CGMSdenial/index.html</a></b>
Thank you everyone for a job well [...]

Me, Mike and my cousins kids watching the fireworks on 4th of July. Ready for parenthood?

Since starting the CGMS Denial Campaign Petition on Monday (with over 250 signatures already, great job everyone), there has been a lot of great feedback, but with that comes the not so good either.
I just want to be clear, that I DO NOT think the CGMS is a cure for diabetes, I DO NOT even [...]

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Go here to sign the petition: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/CGMSdenial/index.html
**please note-After I hit refresh to the petition page I was over 200 signatures**