The question was whether insurance companies would support the monitor's use. I think so. Why? If it is painless, more diabetics will test more often. More frequent testing inevitably results in better control. Better control reduces neuropathy, retinopathy, kidney damage, and, as a result, the number of amputations and other horrors which afflict diabetics.
Ultimately, the cost to insurers will be less.
As for the potential number to be sold, the appeal of this product is mind boggling. I test between 6 and 10 times per day depending upon whether I am working out or engaged in extended aerobic exercise. And, I presently use 4 monitors, not one. I keep one at home, one at the office, one in my car and one in my gym bag.
I am not an engineer and I am not a scientist so I have no idea what all the technical jargon means. But, I do know that this is a product with a dynamite potential if it can be marketed.
Next question was whether the government would swiftly approve marketing the meter. I think so because the government has a vested interest in seeing to it that diabetics improve their health. Diabetic care, I think I read, accounts for at least 1/4 and maybe 1/3 of medicare costs. So, if that cost can be reduced, the medicare program will be in much better shape. |
