# Medicare Announces Criteria Covering Dexcom G5 Mobile CGM

**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medicare-announces-criteria-covering-dexcom-g5-mobile-cgm/516
**Category:** D-News
**Tags:** cgm, medicare
**Created:** [April 17, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medicare-announces-criteria-covering-dexcom-g5-mobile-cgm/516 "2017-04-17T00:39:58Z")
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### Author: ![docslotnick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/docslotnick/32/75_2.png) [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medicare-announces-criteria-covering-dexcom-g5-mobile-cgm/516/1 "2017-04-17T00:39:58Z")

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Medicare Announces Criteria Covering Dexcom G5 Mobile CGM for All People with Diabetes on Intensive Insulin Therapy

For all of us older and soon to be older FUD’s. It’s about time.

[http://investor.shareholder.com/dexcom/releaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1018683](http://investor.shareholder.com/dexcom/releaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1018683)

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### Author: ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medicare-announces-criteria-covering-dexcom-g5-mobile-cgm/516/2 "2017-04-17T01:02:12Z")

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@zoelula2, you were mentioning that it was not available through Medicare. But the policy is changing!

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### Author: ![zoelula2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/zoelula2/32/456_2.png) [@zoelula2](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/zoelula2)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/medicare-announces-criteria-covering-dexcom-g5-mobile-cgm/516/3 "2017-04-17T01:57:12Z")

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Glad to hear it, guys! Even though I don’t have any desire for a CGM, I know most people do and it seems terribly unfair that Medicare doesn’t support it!  
Zoe
