by Ed Hinerman | Oct 4, 2011 | American Diabetes Association, diabetes, insurance, life insurance
When I think of what I would want from the American Diabetes Association as a person with diabetes, I’m left wondering if they are anywhere near the advocacy group they claim they are. I go to their website and the first and most prevalent topic I find is how to...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 17, 2010 | American Diabetes Association, diabetes, insurance, life insurance
I have tried for years to get the American Diabetes Association to allow me to help them rewrite their “Life Insurance Information” page on their website. I will put this as bluntly as it needs to be. The ADA doesn’t have a clue about what it takes...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 8, 2010 | American Diabetes Association, children's life insurance, diabetes, insurance, life insurance
Those who follow my blog have seen this battle going on for years. I will admit that the steady stream of “no ways” that I have received occasionally dampens my enthusiasm, but an email I received this morning has prompted a resurgence in my efforts. The...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 4, 2010 | American Diabetes Association, insurance, life insurance
In a post and open email to the American Diabetes Association last year I voiced my disgust with them that ““I have attempted in the past to share information about how diabetes impacts a person’s ability to get life insurance and what it takes and how a person...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 4, 2009 | American Diabetes Association, diabetes, insurance, life insurance, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes
It’s been at least a year since I last shared my dismay with both the readers of this blog and the ADA about the ADA choice to just ignore the subject of life insurance for those with diabetes on their website. Whether you have type 1 diabetes or type 2...
by Ed Hinerman | May 4, 2009 | A1c, American Diabetes Association, diabetes, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, Type 2 diabetes
It’s been several months since there was any major movement on the life insurance underwriting scene for those with type 2 diabetes, but a major company today shattered that trend by announcing that are willing to approve at preferred plus rates within certain...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 14, 2009 | A1c, American Diabetes Association, decline, diabetes, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, obesity, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes
This is a verbatim copy of the life insurance information page that the American Diabetes Association provides its’ members with. It’s important to note that much of what was written was put in place when a company called US Financial was still in...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 14, 2009 | American Diabetes Association, diabetes, insurance, life insurance, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes
About three weeks ago I had written about an attempt to help the American Diabetes Association with their less than professional information concerning life insurance for those with diabetes. It remains my contention that if an advocacy group is not going to provide...
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