Comments on: The Stinging Cost of Glucose Test Strips http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/10/the-stinging-co.html A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:28:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Migdalia Molina http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/10/the-stinging-co.html/comment-page-2#comment-550830 Migdalia Molina Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:44:00 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/10/09/the-stinging-cost-of-glucose-test-strips/#comment-550830 I will say that i have been blessed. I have the Prodigy glucose Meter and its great, the other thing i like is that my insurance covers the meter and the test strips. The test strips are very cheap for the high quality. These strips are made her in charlotte nc. I would recommend this company to anyone. I will say that i have been blessed. I have the Prodigy glucose Meter and its great, the other thing i like is that my insurance covers the meter and the test strips. The test strips are very cheap for the high quality. These strips are made her in charlotte nc. I would recommend this company to anyone.

]]> By: poked http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/10/the-stinging-co.html/comment-page-2#comment-539623 poked Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:15:08 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/10/09/the-stinging-cost-of-glucose-test-strips/#comment-539623 I see these ads all over the internet "WE WILL BUY YOUR TEST STRIPS" for people that can't afford to buy them. I want to know what organization these people are with and how to get the cheaper test strips that they buy?? Is that legit? Does anyone know?? I see these ads all over the internet “WE WILL BUY YOUR TEST STRIPS” for people that can’t afford to buy them. I want to know what organization these people are with and how to get the cheaper test strips that they buy?? Is that legit? Does anyone know??

]]> By: Anonymous Commenter http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/10/the-stinging-co.html/comment-page-2#comment-534856 Anonymous Commenter Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:14:50 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/10/09/the-stinging-cost-of-glucose-test-strips/#comment-534856 I just feel like saying this, but it may not even be published because it is "anti-establishment". I happened upon this site because I was searching for some way to get less expensive pieces of paper that work in my meter. That is really all they are after all. Ink and paper with special printing. Maybe a little special something in the makeup of the particular paper....just saying. We all know the real cost is way, way less than what we are being charged and markup is astronomical simply because they "can". I know they need to make some profit, but this current level is ridiculous. How about taking the focus off being charged the ridiculous price of $1+ for a tiny piece of paper and focus on a cure? Even if there was a real cure for diabetes, it would be shut down or silenced by big business because there is too much money to be made off of keeping us "sick". Millions of steadily-increasing dollars in profit and thousands of jobs in the industry would be lost. Sort of like adding addictive elements to foods and then wondering why so many people are so obese and unable to detox & get healthier. Greed is the root of it all. I'm trying everything I cant to get healthier and none of the methods I'm interested in make any single entity much money. It's no surprise they are dismissed. I don't know if it will work, but what I'm trying right now is the 30 day raw food method by Gabriel Cousins. I wont put a link to it because I don't know if it works or not as I'm still attempting to do it myself ( and it IS VERY hard to stick to in this world of addictive processed foods) but it's under "raw for 30" if you care to look for yourself. The way I see it, big pharma/insurance/govt/healthcare want us is fat, sick and dependent daily on medications/supplies they create and sell to us for as little cost as possible and as high profit as possible to line each other's pockets. They charge us what they can get away with and the systems are all woven tightly together. And we are playing right into their spiderweb like accepting little flies. *stepping off my soapbox* I just feel like saying this, but it may not even be published because it is “anti-establishment”.

I happened upon this site because I was searching for some way to get less expensive pieces of paper that work in my meter. That is really all they are after all. Ink and paper with special printing. Maybe a little special something in the makeup of the particular paper….just saying. We all know the real cost is way, way less than what we are being charged and markup is astronomical simply because they “can”. I know they need to make some profit, but this current level is ridiculous.

How about taking the focus off being charged the ridiculous price of $1+ for a tiny piece of paper and focus on a cure? Even if there was a real cure for diabetes, it would be shut down or silenced by big business because there is too much money to be made off of keeping us “sick”. Millions of steadily-increasing dollars in profit and thousands of jobs in the industry would be lost. Sort of like adding addictive elements to foods and then wondering why so many people are so obese and unable to detox & get healthier. Greed is the root of it all.

I’m trying everything I cant to get healthier and none of the methods I’m interested in make any single entity much money. It’s no surprise they are dismissed. I don’t know if it will work, but what I’m trying right now is the 30 day raw food method by Gabriel Cousins. I wont put a link to it because I don’t know if it works or not as I’m still attempting to do it myself ( and it IS VERY hard to stick to in this world of addictive processed foods) but it’s under “raw for 30″ if you care to look for yourself.

The way I see it, big pharma/insurance/govt/healthcare want us is fat, sick and dependent daily on medications/supplies they create and sell to us for as little cost as possible and as high profit as possible to line each other’s pockets. They charge us what they can get away with and the systems are all woven tightly together. And we are playing right into their spiderweb like accepting little flies.

*stepping off my soapbox*

]]> By: jim snell http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/10/the-stinging-co.html/comment-page-2#comment-527131 jim snell Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:52:20 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/10/09/the-stinging-cost-of-glucose-test-strips/#comment-527131 Letters here beg question - what the devil is the ADA - american diabetic association doing for us besides nothing. These disgraceful larcenous strip prices are a disgrace when diabetes is ramping out of control and becoming major health issue in America. Bare minimum for me is 16 strips a day. My logging software says 34 strips a day trying to catch lows and underruns. I am type 2 diabetic and have nasty liver where dawn effect used to be 238 to 258 in am ( midnight was 100) and emergency glucose add by liver ( when BS drops sub 70) is 278 to 311. Its not just the original vendors that are issue but drugstores etc. I try and buy mail order at 22 to 35 dollars a tub of 50. Walk into my local drugstore and it ranges from $60 to $77 per tub of 50 plus the god dam california sales tax. Prices are unacceptable. Maybe we need antitrust congressional action to stop the larceny. Letters here beg question – what the devil is the ADA – american diabetic association doing for us besides nothing. These disgraceful larcenous strip prices are a disgrace when diabetes is ramping out of control and becoming major health issue in America.

Bare minimum for me is 16 strips a day. My logging software says 34 strips a day trying to catch lows and underruns. I am type 2
diabetic and have nasty liver where dawn effect used to be 238 to 258 in am ( midnight was 100) and emergency glucose add by liver ( when BS drops sub 70) is 278 to 311.

Its not just the original vendors that are issue but drugstores etc.
I try and buy mail order at 22 to 35 dollars a tub of 50. Walk into
my local drugstore and it ranges from $60 to $77 per tub of 50 plus the god dam california sales tax.

Prices are unacceptable. Maybe we need antitrust congressional action to stop the larceny.

]]> By: Frank http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/10/the-stinging-co.html/comment-page-2#comment-518331 Frank Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:09:22 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/10/09/the-stinging-cost-of-glucose-test-strips/#comment-518331 Great News!!! A new test strip will begin being maketed in the 3rd quarter 2010 and the strip will cost 50% less than strips on the market now. It has been cleared by the FDA and WILL NOT be manufactured overseas. It will be produced by a major pharmecutical company located in the midwest. These strips will save diabetic patients from ever having to "ration" glucose testing. Check the link below. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/InstaCare-Subsidiary-Inks-prnews-1719551781.html?x=0&.v=1 Great News!!! A new test strip will begin being maketed in the 3rd quarter 2010 and the strip will cost 50% less than strips on the market now. It has been cleared by the FDA and WILL NOT be manufactured overseas. It will be produced by a major pharmecutical company located in the midwest. These strips will save diabetic patients from ever having to “ration” glucose testing. Check the link below.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/InstaCare-Subsidiary-Inks-prnews-1719551781.html?x=0&.v=1

]]> By: Barbie Hawyer http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/10/the-stinging-co.html/comment-page-2#comment-516703 Barbie Hawyer Wed, 12 May 2010 03:13:04 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/10/09/the-stinging-cost-of-glucose-test-strips/#comment-516703 My husband and I were both laid off 3 months ago. I have been on the insulin pump for 15 years and IDDM for 40. I am checking 10-12 times a day and am now unable to buy my strips due to having no insurance. I have about 5 boxes left but those will be gone in no time. We have no children at home so I am unable to get medicaid. Anyone have any ideas? I use the one touch ultra test strips which work with my pump. It is very scary. Thanks, Barbie My husband and I were both laid off 3 months ago. I have been on the insulin pump for 15 years and IDDM for 40. I am checking 10-12 times a day and am now unable to buy my strips due to having no insurance. I have about 5 boxes left but those will be gone in no time. We have no children at home so I am unable to get medicaid. Anyone have any ideas? I use the one touch ultra test strips which work with my pump. It is very scary. Thanks, Barbie

]]> By: Mike Marcus http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/10/the-stinging-co.html/comment-page-2#comment-514969 Mike Marcus Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:26:11 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/10/09/the-stinging-cost-of-glucose-test-strips/#comment-514969 This year we changed over to a pay as you go Health Insurance Plan and I finally found out the real cost for test strips. My wife is a type 1 extremely brittle diabetic who needs to tests 10 times a day in order to keep her glucose under control. We were shocked to find out that the actual cost to us is over 1$ per strip (~4000$/yr). The cost to manufacture can not be more than a few pennies a strip in the volumes that are produced. Regardless of who is making the huge profits the cost is not affordable by most of the population of the USA. Based on this pricing many diabetics will forgo testing to save some money so they can live. The result of not testing will most likely result in poorer health and a greater cost to society. What can we do as a group to put pressure on the Pharmaceutical Companies/Insurance Companies/Distributers to take some social responsibility and make this much more affordable? Can we get the government to help? This year we changed over to a pay as you go Health Insurance Plan and I finally found out the real cost for test strips. My wife is a type 1 extremely brittle diabetic who needs to tests 10 times a day in order to keep her glucose under control. We were shocked to find out that the actual cost to us is over 1$ per strip (~4000$/yr). The cost to manufacture can not be more than a few pennies a strip in the volumes that are produced. Regardless of who is making the huge profits the cost is not affordable by most of the population of the USA.
Based on this pricing many diabetics will forgo testing to save some money so they can live. The result of not testing will most likely result in poorer health and a greater cost to society.

What can we do as a group to put pressure on the Pharmaceutical Companies/Insurance Companies/Distributers to take some social responsibility and make this much more affordable?
Can we get the government to help?

]]> By: pprometheus http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/10/the-stinging-co.html/comment-page-2#comment-503381 pprometheus Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:57:51 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/10/09/the-stinging-cost-of-glucose-test-strips/#comment-503381 we need someone in electronics who can make a circuit board strip and gold plate the copper so we can have a re-usable strips, so we can teach the greedy sharks a billion dollar lesson. we need someone in electronics who can make a circuit board strip and gold plate the copper so we can have a re-usable strips, so we can teach the greedy sharks a billion dollar lesson.

]]> By: Pete http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/10/the-stinging-co.html/comment-page-2#comment-464718 Pete Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:20:19 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/10/09/the-stinging-cost-of-glucose-test-strips/#comment-464718 The strips are expensive because insurance companies pay for them. They should stop paying, then the prices will be forced down to a point where people can afford them themselves. The strips are expensive because insurance companies pay for them. They should stop paying, then the prices will be forced down to a point where people can afford them themselves.

]]> By: Susan http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/10/the-stinging-co.html/comment-page-2#comment-435675 Susan Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:26:55 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/10/09/the-stinging-cost-of-glucose-test-strips/#comment-435675 I picked up my control strips yesterday and was give a form which I am to put the date, time and my blood sugars. I am to bring in this form each time I want them. I only test 2 times per day. Yet I am to give my private info to the pharmacy which will give it to insurance? I have just been told that this info is for Medicare. I do not think this is right. I picked up my control strips yesterday and was give a form which I am to put the date, time and my blood sugars. I am to bring in this form each time I want them. I only test 2 times per day. Yet I am to give my private info to the pharmacy which will give it to insurance?
I have just been told that this info is for Medicare.
I do not think this is right.

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