# The best BG glucose meter that your insurance will pay for

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-best-bg-glucose-meter-that-your-insurance-will-pay-for/3083>\
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**Tags:** glucose-meter\
**Created:** [January 4, 2018, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-best-bg-glucose-meter-that-your-insurance-will-pay-for/3083 "2018-01-04T03:24:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-best-bg-glucose-meter-that-your-insurance-will-pay-for/3083/17 "2018-01-05T21:10:37Z")

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> [@MaryPat](#):
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> - Insulet in the USA is regulated by the FDA and cannot recommend the Lite strips.
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> My conclusion is that @Eric is right, and both will work.

You know I don’t listen to the FDA. 😉

Same thing with them telling everyone that the Canadian PDMs don’t work with US pods, and vice versa. We proved that to be wrong a few months ago, thanks to my secret Canadian co-conspirator.  
[canadian-US-omnipod-swap-test](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/canadian-u-s-omnipod-swap-test/2442)

Sometimes you just gotta test and figure it out yourself. Diabetes is much easier when you remove all the bureaucracy and red-tape.

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