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Lawmakers weigh mandating insurer coverage for glucose monitoring devices; department flags cost and scope issues
Summary
A subcommittee heard from medical witnesses, carriers and the Insurance Department on Bill 1571, a proposed mandate to require coverage of continuous glucose monitors and test supplies. The Insurance Department modeled an assumed 26% uptake and estimated median per-user costs and fiscal impacts; members urged sponsors to narrow the bill's scope before further action.
The Commerce and Consumer Affairs subcommittee examined Bill 1571, which would mandate insurer coverage of glucose monitoring technologies and related supplies. Jason Aziz, director of economics at the New Hampshire Insurance Department, told the committee the department modeled the bill assuming a 26% uptake among the newly eligible population — a figure drawn from prior uptake among type 1 diabetics and type 2 diabetics on insulin — and estimated a median per-patient annual cost (device, supplies and diabetes-educator…
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