I also saw this on the card that is a little confusing to me (easily confused by red tape): “ELIGIBLE PRIVATELY INSURED PATIENTS pay the first $15 and can save up to $105 of remaining copay based upon prescription quantity and insurance coverage.” Since I already have heard many times from my insurance that CN strips are not covered, it’s anybody’s guess how this will all work out. They were interpreting this statement as saying my co-pay will likely be $15 for 100 strips…but would not commit until they run everything through the the computer, which they can’t do until they get the prescription. They are going to contact my endo (to get the prescription) and will let me know how much my co pay will be. I brought the card over to my pharmacy today and they had never seen one of these before…meaning there was mass confusion behind the counter. Maybe start your own thread on FUD, and I’ll bet many will be eager to chime in with their plights and their guidance. I am certain that there are some more affordable meters and test strips out there if you pursue your search. IMHO, I would do more research before sticking with the One Touch products. I can use one meter and test 3 different times, using the same blood droplet sample, and get a wide difference in readings ( 104, 120, 67, etc) how the heck is one expected to dose based upon such inaccurate information? It was crazy. My experience with the One Touch products is this: ( and I have found this with each and every one of their meters) Major Discrepancies. ![]() But that is still more reasonable than anything you might find in a pharmacy by miles. Originally, it cost about $150 for 600ct strips. It was someone on FUD who directed me there. But as I have mentioned before, I test a lot more than 10 times a day, so I have, like you, had to supplement my allotment of strips through AMZ. 300 strips per month so long as I could provide a daily log of my BG testing. When I switched endos, my doc put in an order for the Bayer meter and strips, and for some unknown reason, Medicare covered most of it. I just used what my endo gave me (TONS of Free Samples…who thinks twice about freebees?) (he also was very generous with insulin as well, which was a definitely nice perk) It never dawned on me that there were more accurate meters or strips. I have Medicare, and originally they would only cover One Touch products. ![]() I had been self funding Contour next strips
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