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Mom. Is there really a more soothing one-syllable word in our language?  Not really sure what the ‘role’ of a mom is, by design, anyway.  Who could ever write ‘the manual’ describing what a mom should be, or what is required?  And yet, so many are so good at it.  I’ve known many ‘moms’ in my […]

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Fighting Among Ourselves……How’s that Working Out?

Diabetes Community. This all-encompassing phrase seems to be under siege of late.  Seems there is a movement that it is more important to be right, be the first, than it is to be a community in some people’s minds. Let’s be clear.  As I have stated in writings, in lectures, and in interviews; no one […]

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The Time I was Part of NY’s Famous Easter Bonnet Competition

So every year about this time, my heart goes deeply back to my roots of the NY Theatre scene.  For it was the NY Theatre scene that, in essence, readied me for a career I am now in, fund-raising.  True, I wear a few hats, but at the end of the day fund-raising for the […]

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Congress A+…….But PBMs and Insulin Companies, it’s the SAME Routine

Soooooooooo I listened to the The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee recording of the meeting held today, Wednesday, April 10, at 10:30 am on The Hill. The hearing was entitled, “Priced Out of a Lifesaving Drug: Getting Answers on the Rising Cost of Insulin.” Once again, you can click the link to see the hearings yourself […]

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Insulin Costs…..Today May have been the Day the Tides Turned…….Time Will Surely Tell

If you have any feeling whatsoever about the ongoing problem of the cost of Insulin, you must find a few hours to sit and watch Priced Out of a Life Saving Drug: the Human Impact of Rising Insulin Costs which was a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation of the Energy & Commerce Committee held on Tuesday, April 2nd. It […]

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Should One Jump Into Using New Diabetes Tools

I spend a great deal of time getting in and out of machinery that when, or should, they malfunction the results are usually disastrous.  But still, it’s not uncommon to see me getting in or out of an automobile or doing the same with an airplane.  I’m a guy who plays averages and I figure […]