There’s a heroin epidemic in my home state. Drug addiction is a sad and serious problem in our country that is getting a lot of media attention. This crisis has had an unexpected impact on people who live with diabetes.
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Because after insulin laughter can be the best medicine, those of us with diabetes make jokes about it, specifically type 1s like me who have to inject either regularly or occasionally. We joke about being high, we joke about shooting up to keep from getting high and we joke about being insulin addicts. All of which are true but out of context could sound bad.
However some of the actual realities of this disease have lead to mistaken identity in some cases.
Three things happened in the course of one week over the summer that prompted me to write this post.
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Medical bills can be a nightmare. A night in the emergency room or bad news from a doctor can mean thousands of dollars taken from your bank account or even harm to your credit score. But, since medical bills don’t go straight to your credit score, there are some moves to make within the first 90 days after an emergency occurs. 
Today I have a guest post from Jacob, a personal finance blogger at DollarDilligence.com, on a topic that I know many of my readers deal with – student loan repayment.