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Diabetes advocacy group calls UnitedHealthcare policy 'unacceptable step backward'

An advocacy group for patients with Type 1 diabetes is calling out a new UnitedHealthcare policy that expands an existing agreement with Medtronic and makes the manufacturer's medical devices the "preferred" insulin pumps for children with the autoimmune condition.

On Friday, Minnetonka-based UnitedHealthcare published a bulletin to health care providers saying the Medtronic product would become the preferred insulin pump for children age 7 and older who are receiving a prescription for an insulin pump for the first time.

http://www.startribune.com/diabetes-group-calls-unitedhealthcare-policy-unacceptable/505323822/

 

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