# T:slim now covered by United Healthcare insurance
**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/t-slim-now-covered-by-united-healthcare-insurance/9975
**Category:** D-News
**Created:** [July 11, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/t-slim-now-covered-by-united-healthcare-insurance/9975 "2020-07-11T21:52:07Z")
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### Author:  [@bkh](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/bkh)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/t-slim-now-covered-by-united-healthcare-insurance/9975/1 "2020-07-11T21:52:07Z")
I just saw an article mentioning that on July 1, 2020 Tandem announced that t:slim is now covered by United Healthcare insurance for members on Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, individual and group market plans. This reverses their earlier decision to cover Medtronic pumps pretty much exclusively.
> **[United Healthcare to Begin Covering Tandem Insulin Pumps](https://beyondtype1.org/uhc-tandem/)**
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> UHC announced they will begin covering Tandem insulin pumps, a departure from previous policy to only cover Medtronic insulin pumps for their members.
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### Author:  [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/t-slim-now-covered-by-united-healthcare-insurance/9975/2 "2020-07-12T00:51:14Z")
That is Fantastic News! About time. Really glad all those diabetics now have a choice, and a really great day for Tandem.