Healthcare for young adults with diabetes?

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I have had type 1 diabetes since I was a child, for around 23 years. Often people assume, at 30, I am too young to have diabetes at all. Even the picture for this group is just a sign that says Type 2 Diabetes with just diabetes as the category name. I am constantly asked why I can't just take pills when someone finds out that I take insulin. I say that I have had it since I was a child and am asked if i was obese when I was younger. What really worries me is that maybe medicaid amd disability do not believe diabetes is able to take it's toll on a young adult. The insurance companies certainly do. Some of you are sure to know what 20+ years of badly controlled diabetes can do to your body. It is IMPOSSIBLE to have good control without access to the right kind of medicine and testing supplies. Try getting Medicaid because you are poor and have diabetes. This most likely is not going to happen unless you have a child. Go out, work a 40+ hour a week job, try to get insurance, see what happens. Most likely not going to happen for at least a year without eating more than you already spend for your medication per month directly from your paycheck. I have a variety of diabetes related health problems that usually occur in older adults who have already retired. I have no real access to work because of them nor do I have any access to Medicaid or Disability because it is hard to convince Social Security that among other problems I have lost a good deal of my sight and have nerve damage even with medical records. Because... of my age. So what do I do here? I try to keep a business up online, but my sight is failing and the laser surgery my doctor did pro bono isn't working. I try to take care of my blood sugar but I run out of test strips constantly and have to compromise what type of insulin I use sometimes because I have to get it from someone else. Yes, BLACKMARKET INSULIN! Do any of you have ideas or solutions?