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04-19-2008, 10:11 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 321
| | | Where can I get cheap OneTouch Ultra strips?
Right now I am currently without health insurance and was wondering if anyone knew where or how I could get cheap or discounted test strips until my health insurance kicks in. I have tried Ebay but I would like to know if there are better options. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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04-19-2008, 10:46 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Texas
Posts: 663
| | ebay is the only place I can think of too.
I will look at the links I have saved and see if I have any thing that helps.
I think the Welcome To Together Rx Access, card gets a discount on OneTouch strips , they are on the list of prescriptions. Dont know what the discount is, but I used my card when I was with out insurance and it saved a good bit on my antibiotic and painpills after I had a tooth removed last year. |
04-19-2008, 11:46 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Grove City Ohio
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Originally Posted by TenderVittleS  Right now I am currently without health insurance and was wondering if anyone knew where or how I could get cheap or discounted test strips until my health insurance kicks in. I have tried Ebay but I would like to know if there are better options. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. | When is your health insurance going to kick in?
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04-19-2008, 12:01 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lowell, MA
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| | | I'd say ebay. I just bought 100 test strips for $56 (including shipping). But, you might be able to find a better deal. I do have coverage with my insurance, but I don't want to call my doc office for frequent refills. Their current prescription is for testing 2 times a day. But, I check anywhere beteen 4-6 times a day. |
04-19-2008, 12:20 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
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| | | Ebay is your best bet but make sure they aren't expired strips. Do you have health insurance now or are you waiting for that to kick in? I ask because I'm wondering if you would fall under a pre-existing condition at all.
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04-19-2008, 12:33 PM
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I am a: Parent | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hawaii
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| | | Outside of eBay, Wal-Mart is the cheapest place I know. |
04-19-2008, 05:23 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Dallas, TX
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| | Thanks for all your reply's and help! My insurance should kick in 2 months from now, but you all know how expensive everything can be without insurance. Once again thanks again to everybody! 
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04-19-2008, 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by shutterbug I'd say ebay. I just bought 100 test strips for $56 (including shipping). But, you might be able to find a better deal. I do have coverage with my insurance, but I don't want to call my doc office for frequent refills. Their current prescription is for testing 2 times a day. But, I check anywhere beteen 4-6 times a day. | You can ask your doc to up your prescription, mine just did, from 4 times to 8 times a day; could save you lots of $$!
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05-02-2008, 11:15 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Traverse City, MI
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Originally Posted by TenderVittleS Thanks for all your reply's and help! My insurance should kick in 2 months from now, but you all know how expensive everything can be without insurance. Once again thanks again to everybody! |
You won't find "cheap" one touch strips anywhere execpt ebay. I would go to walmart and buy the reli-on brand of strips and one of their cheap meters. |
05-02-2008, 11:19 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2007
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| | | If you need "cheap" strips...I'd switch to a generic meter. The basic meters usually have strips that cost half of the Ultra's. I use Ultra's and love the accuracy...but I'm on insurance. If I wasn't, I'd go the basic route. |
05-06-2008, 12:41 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bellevue, WA
Posts: 619
| | I don't buy from ebay (for personal reasons) and the cheapest I've found is John Walsh's site, Diabetes Mall. The Diabetes Mall
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