During a House committee meeting Tuesday, Kennedy announced a large-scale ad campaign from the federal government to hype wearable tech.

Means has argued that CGM [continuous glucose monitors] is the “most powerful technology for generating the data and awareness to rectify our Bad Energy crisis in the Western world.”

##What The Fuck?

  • LangleyDominos [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    10·
    3 days ago

    CGM are a godsend, it sucks they’re fairly expensive. I was paying $85 a month for two meters. That’s no insurance. Finger pricking is still the cheapest option. Maybe use federal authority to bring down prices? Nah, let’s back a single company and pump them full of subsidies so venture capital can snatch them up and turn their product to shit.

    • Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      12 hours ago

      It’s not much of a difference, but libre 3 has a thing on their site where if your insurance doesn’t cover it, they’ll give you a coupon that drops the price to $75 for 2 sensors. My wife and I did that for a while until I got different insurance that covers it, though it’s still $75/2 with insurance, I just don’t have to keep getting the coupon.