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    Continuous glucose monitors to be available to qualifiers this fall

    Thursday, 22 May 2025 12:00

    By Tonya Organ

    It will provide full or partial coverage of continuous glucose monitors for approximately 4,600 residents with Type 1 diabetes.

    Starting this fall, people living with Type 1 diabetes who meet the medical and income-testing criteria will be eligible for the Provincial Continuous Glucose Monitoring Program. It will provide full or partial coverage of continuous glucose monitors for approximately 4,600 residents with Type 1 diabetes. Financial assistance under this program will be determined using the same income-testing as the NL Insulin Pump Program.

     

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