[NFBF-L] [NFBF-Leaders] Fwd: Diabetes Testing Supplies and Talking Glucose Monitors

[Paul Lewis]

Hey Marilyn,
        I am sure you are aware of Accessible pharmacy out of Philadelphia and the number of webinars that they have produced in a variety of subjects. To this point, they have done several webinars on diabetes and have been offering to prodigy meters one that is more accessible than the other, both have audio are talking features audio or talking features. Additionally, there are the continuous glucose monitors as well and for what I have heard about them so far their accessibility would be through the Smart phone do you use in conjunction with them. There is at least one for the rep for Accessible pharmacy, but their role is more in providing information about that organization and for specific medical questions I would recommend contacting Accessible pharmacy if he wish to reach out to them for medical advice. If you like me to I’ll be more than happy to pass on your name to the Accessible pharmacy rep in Florida.
Be safe and well
Regards, Paul

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> On Mar 1, 2022, at 7:56 PM, Camille Tate via NFBF-L <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> This is a very complicated issue. If you have a Medicare Advantage Plan, you may be restricted on where you can obtain diabetes testing supplies that your insurance will cover. The company my insurance changed to now charges a co-pay of $30 per month for test strips (testing up to four times per day). Every two years, I am entitled to a new blood glucose monitor under the Medicare rules, but there is now a $25 co-pay for the monitor, when it used to be free. My insurance company now uses Edgepark for their diabetes testing supplies and monitors.
>  
> If you want to go outside of insurance, Amazon actually sells the Prodigy kit, a lancet and test strips for about $20-25. Test strips can be anywhere from $30-50, depending on how many strips you need per month. I am not sure if this is helpful at all.
>  
>  
> Sincerely,
> Camille Tate
> President, Melbourne Space Coast Chapter, National Federation of the Blind of Florida
> 2nd Vice President, National Federation of the Blind of Florida
> Phone: 321 372 4899
>  
> From: NFBF-Leaders <nfbf-leaders-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of MARILYN BALDWIN via NFBF-Leaders
> Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 4:54 PM
> To: nfbf-l at nfbnet.org; nfbf-leaders at nfbnet.org
> Cc: MARILYN BALDWIN <commmdb at aol.com>
> Subject: [NFBF-Leaders] Fwd: Diabetes Testing Supplies and Talking Glucose Monitors
>  
> Please read my message below. I would greatly appreciate your suggestions as these list of approved Medicare Diabetic Testing Supplies and accessible Glucose Talking Testing Machines is complicated. Thank you all for your assistance. 
>  
> Marilyn Baldwin 
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: MARILYN BALDWIN <commmdb at aol.com>
> Date: March 1, 2022 at 12:12:35 AM EST
> To: nfbfl-faith at groups.io
> Cc: Fran Cupeta <fcupeta at gmail.com>
> Subject: Diabetes Testing Supplies and Talking Glucose Monitors
> 
> Dear Friends,
> Can you please share the name and contact numbers and emails,  for your testing supplies? Thank you for your assistance. I want to make a change in suppliers with little out of pocket cost. I have Medicare and United Health Care Insurance. 
> Blessings, 
>  
> Marilyn Baldwin 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
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