[Diabetes-talk] Why won't insurance pay for more than 100 strips per month?

[Tamera]

Many insurances are requiring all 90 day supplied RX and durables  be
purchased via mail order. 
Recently I had to go to a different BlueCross plan that requires my strips
come via a pharmacy.. well, after much searching for a pharmacy that carries
my soloV testing supplies... I find It is much less expensive to shop on
Amazon or wherever and pay out of pocket.
I am sure if you bought that prodigy meter you could have  gotten it for
around $30, but this would not  of counted toward your deductible.. so its
kind of a wash and ridiculous how we are charged, insurance billed etc.
But, if you are up for  some time researching... you may find its less money
to just buy your supplies, meter and all  on your own and not bother with
insurance coverage.. but it is probably the goal behind so much of this.
For example, my co-pay  after insurance was billed.. no deductible etc. for
my soloV strips from advanced pharmacy was $15 per 50 vial of strips, on
Amazon I bought them for $14.99 and recently $12.99 per 50 with  free
shipping. While I have to  watch expiration dates.. I do not have to hassle
with Advanced sending me crap I did not ask for and paying the enormous
copay for it! 
	Tamera

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Blindhands at aol.com
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 1:12 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Why won't insurance pay for more then 100 strips
per 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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