Does the state require private insurance plans to cover diabetes supplies and education?
States receive a "meets policy" if they require private insurance plans to include diabetes supplies and education as part of general coverage. States receive a "limited policy" if they require coverage only for diabetes supplies or for education, but not for both. States receive a "weak policy" if they only require insurers to offer coverage of diabetes supplies and education as a benefit in employer-sponsored insurance plans, but have not required that it be a mandated benefit in all of these plans. States that do not require coverage of diabetes-related services at all receive a "no policy."
Data Source: Diabetes-Related Services, 2006
National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Laws Mandating Diabetes Health Coverage," April 2007, available at http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/diabetes.htm, accessed May 24, 2007; additional data collected by National Women's Law Center, June 2007.