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Originally Posted by Aftiel Just had someone from my Doctors Office call, and they made arrangements with my insurance company (Blue Cross Blue Shield) to cover my test strips.
I was told by my last doctor that couldn't be done, and the pharmicist said the same thing.
So get this, they gave me a Accucheck Aviva meter (I was using Accucheck Active) - and they are going to ship 300 strips per month to my house.
The only cost to me is my prescription deductible of $15.00 - that is simply awesome. So $15.00 per month for all my test strips - I could do a dance right now.
Just had to share that good news with everyone, that will be a huge money savings per month.
- Aftiel |
Most, if not all of the major insurance companies (Anthem and Humana to name the two largest) cover testing supplies as part of their prescription package plans. You just have to figure out what level drug the brand of test strips you want are and then figure out how much you pay.
One thing you may want to look at, I know Blue Cross Blue Shield offers a mail order program. On some plans it is vastly cheeper to order by mail. I was on a plan once where the mail order was a 3 month supply, for the 1 month price. So I paid $15 every 3 months. I sure do miss that company. But you may want to look into that.
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