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| Request for Essential Diabetes Supplies (REDS) |
Eligibility
To qualify for free diabetes and insulin pump supplies you must legally reside in the United States, have diabetes, and:
- Have no insurance coverage for items you are requesting; or
- If you have insurance have a co-pay of $40 or more per prescription; or
- Have satisfactorily demonstrated other reasons for financial hardship.
About the program
This program offers free, essential diabetes supplies to qualifying individuals for a period of 1-3 months. What we can send is limited to what supplies have been donated to us and that we have available at any given time. Generally, we can assist with glucose meters, test strips, insulin pump supplies, lancets and lancing devices, syringes, pen needles, etc.
We do not reimburse for expenses you have already incurred.
Prescription diabetes supplies
Because we are not a licensed pharmacy we are unable to send prescription items directly to clients. We can, however, send them to a doctor, health clinic or facility, or pharmacist of your choosing where you can pick them up. Items that we consider "prescription" items include: syringes, pen needles, insulin pump infusion sets (cannulas), insulin pump reservoirs (cartridges), topical numbing creams, and glucagon kits.
Note to those who have insurance but need assistance: If you have insurance that covers your diabetes and pump supplies with a co-pay of less than $40.00 per item but you still have trouble meeting your co-pay please contact us. We may find it more affordable to assist you with your co-pays rather than with free supplies.
We cannot overnight ship supplies and checks due to funding limitations. The cost of shipping one overnight or express package would be the equivalent of one glucose testing meter. Please understand that we try to help as many people as we can.
Three Important Ways Clients Can Help Us!
Many of our clients ask how they can ever repay us for helping them. There is no need to repay us for our help ... it's what we are happy and able to do thanks to our generous donors. Our donors are the ones who deserve thanks! But if you want to help there are three important things you can do for free that really make a difference:
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Use Goodsearch.com and Goodshop.com when you use the Internet. There is no cost to you at all and when you select IPump.org as your charity of choice you can raise money for us simply by surfing the net. |
Visit our new blog and simply post a note of thanks or tell others how we helped. While donors give without expecting anything in return it is always nice for them to be able to read personal notes from people that their contributions helped. |
Tell your employer about IPump. Because we are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit we can get matching grants for anyone else who donates through your employer or your employer can simply set up an employee gift giving program! |
Disclaimer: Submitting an application is not a promise or guarantee by IPump.org, Inc. that an applicant will be approved. Our ability to help others is restricted by available program funding at any give time. Applications are reviewed by IPump.org's Program Director and approved by the board of directors based upon eligibility, need and individual program funding availability. We offer no promises or guarantee that we can meet the needs of all applicants but we try to help as best we can.
Recommended reading before you apply
What type of assistance does IPump offer?
Sometimes we have to purchase supplies. Because our funding is so limited we need to use the cheapest sources possible. We have been using Hocks Online for a while and were pleased with their service and prices. Because of our good relationship with Hocks we agreed to accept them as IPump's first affiliate sponsor. While it is not our policy to specifically endorse or recommend any company, we can state that we do use Hocks Online, and that for any order you place through one of their links on our site, they will make a donation to us.
Thank you Hocks, for contributing to our cause!
