# New insurance is sending me back to MDI after 5yrs on Omnipod **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-insurance-is-sending-me-back-to-mdi-after-5yrs-on-omnipod/16011 **Category:** Type 1 & LADA **Tags:** insulin, omnipod, type-1, insurance, insulin-pump, insulin-pen **Created:** [April 27, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-insurance-is-sending-me-back-to-mdi-after-5yrs-on-omnipod/16011 "2026-04-27T17:08:14Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 23
### Author: ![jbowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jbowler](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jbowler) #### Post date: [May 2, 2026, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-insurance-is-sending-me-back-to-mdi-after-5yrs-on-omnipod/16011/23 "2026-05-02T23:46:59Z")
> [@Shecamp](#): > > Don’t want to distract from the issue you’re speaking about, but I’m interested in the Omnipod 5. There’s a recently reactivated topic here which might help: > [@Omnipod - Correction Factor and Glucose goal range - which has biggest effect (in your real experience)?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-correction-factor-and-glucose-goal-range-which-has-biggest-effect-in-your-real-experience/13700/30): > > Hi there Beacher. Hope youre well. Thanks for your input on the Extended Bolus. Does that just deliver insulin over a period of time, of your choosing? A dual bolus is when you can program your pump (Medtronic, anyways) to deliver a % up front, and then the balance % over a certain period of time. Like, if I wanted to eat pizza, I might “tell” the pump to give me coverage for 30gms up front, and then 30gms (50% and 50%) over a extended two hour period of time. But you can split it anyway you ch… Changing from the Dash to the O5 is a major change; it’s going from a traditional pump with CGM to a full AIDS (Artificial Insulin Delivery System). That’s a different approach for us, a big deal. There’s lots of discussion here and a lot of wisdom; the above post dates from 2023, if you follow it through you will learn a lot of the differences between Dash and other traditional systems and the O5 and other AIDSes. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-insurance-is-sending-me-back-to-mdi-after-5yrs-on-omnipod/16011)._