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[–] Typo 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I was going to post something about this as well. I worked with someone (not on foodstamps) who kept a candy bar in a cabinet as her emergency medicine. I would think low income people would have a harder time keeping up with medical things so a cheap candy bar or soda might be the best option for Type 1's. I'm not sure if privacy laws would prevent this from being disclosed on food stamp application forms.

When it comes down to function, I'm not sure how they would do it. Maybe all cards can buy certain items and Type 1's get a different card that allows for candy/soda? I don't know if this would be worth it from a cost standpoint (for the government) though.

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[–] guinness2 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I would think low income people would have a harder time keeping up with medical things

You are correct... diabetics can purchase edible glucagon which is 100 time as expensive as conventional sugar and digests twice as fast... however I just eat twice as much sugar in an emergency and profit!!! :-)

Diabetics do need to be registered in order to get medicines and supplies and we are used to that sort of thing, so I agree it wouldn't be a huge issue for diabetics to tick a box when registering for food stamps to receive a special concession for candy or soda... that or they could present an old script for insulin because we have plenty of those too.