[Diabetes-talk] Why won't insurance pay for more then 100 stripsper month?

[Bill Lewis]

Hi Joyce.  Bill Lewis in Wichita here.  I know what you mean.  After years 
of no problems with my AARP insurance and Medicare A and B, I now am running 
into higher deductibles and limitations on coverage for medications, now 
requiring less expensive generics which, so far, are working fine.  My 
yearly med costs are not yet high enough to hit the doughnut hole, but the 
deductible charges, I notice, are higher and the amount of insurance 
coverage on my meds is a bit smaller.  Welcome to the real world of weird 
government delusions.  --  Bill




-----Original Message----- 
From: Blindhands at aol.com
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 3:11 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Why won't insurance pay for more then 100 stripsper 
month?

I am new to Medicare and AARP supplementary  insurance so I don't have  all
my ducks in a row on what is what, but I was told by my pharmacy that I can
only get 100 test strips per month that will be covered.  I called up to
ask Medicare why and that I have my doctor's perscription saying I test 4 to
6  times a day.  They told me I have to order thru mail order to get more
then  100 strips covered.  Since I am new to all of this just this month, I
am  stumbling around and trying to learn what I need to do.

I do have Prodigy Voice and I now have information for a mail order, but I
am concern now with what has been put up on this list.

I just had before I went on Medicare a real hassle getting a new Prodigy
Voice meter from my old insurance company.  The final thing on that one was
I had to pay out of pocket $148 for just the meter.  That is what the
provider charged my insurance company and my insurance company had a $200
deductible for durable medical devices.  I was very much upset since I 
could have
bought this machine forjust under $50 online.

insurance humbug!

Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
Blindhands at AOL.com
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