| Keep in mind, strips are expensive. Like I say all the time, don't pin this 100% on the insurance companies. This is the strip makers fault and the insurance companies have to pay it. There is no control of negotiating prices when it comes to drug prices. Heck, in the US, Medicare Part D SPECIFICALLY states that the Federal Government MAY NOT negotiate prices for drugs on Medicare Part D.
SPike says he tests 18 times a day. In a year, at $80 a box of 100, that's $5256 in just strips. Add that he's a pumper, and you have him as a guaranteed loss for the insurance company.
It's all stupid, but someone needs to get into an office somewhere and starting forcing companies to lower prices. Then making billions in PROFITS a year is no excuse. They claim it's to cover research costs, however, if that's true, they would only make millions in profits, not billions.
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