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Has anyone on Medicare tried to get (Original Post) badhair77 Apr 2022 OP
Yes they were covered. Sneederbunk Apr 2022 #1
Thanks. Covered, as in free? badhair77 Apr 2022 #2
Free, free, free Sneederbunk Apr 2022 #5
Thank you! There's hope in my fight. badhair77 Apr 2022 #8
Medicare can't MOMFUDSKI Apr 2022 #3
We can get free lancets and strips but not insulin. onecaliberal Apr 2022 #4
It is my experience MOMFUDSKI Apr 2022 #6
We have a co-pay that is very manageable. So grateful for that but I pay a lot in premiums. onecaliberal Apr 2022 #7
Thanks, everyone, badhair77 Apr 2022 #9
Update: I did not get anything free but the cost was substantially less badhair77 Apr 2022 #10
A second update - I received a check, unsolicited, from CVS this week. badhair77 Jun 2022 #11
Today I received an unsolicited check from CVS badhair77 Jun 2022 #12

badhair77

(4,640 posts)
2. Thanks. Covered, as in free?
Mon Apr 4, 2022, 07:21 PM
Apr 2022

My dr wrote a prescription for the One Touch meter, strips and lancets and the bill is about $150 at my local CVS. I didn’t pick them up and I won’t accept them because I can buy them cheaper on Amazon. A rep from my mail away pharmacy said they’d be totally covered. Just want to get my act together before I go to the store.

 

MOMFUDSKI

(7,080 posts)
3. Medicare can't
Mon Apr 4, 2022, 07:23 PM
Apr 2022

charge for diabetic supplies such as syringes, lancets, meter. They DO have a 3x/day limit on test strips but your doc can write a script calling for more than that if needs be. AND if you get in the donut hole you will have a co-pay on insulin per Medicare's rules.

 

MOMFUDSKI

(7,080 posts)
6. It is my experience
Mon Apr 4, 2022, 07:27 PM
Apr 2022

that insulin has no co-pay but for a donut-hole situation. My Walmart Pharmacy lists the COST of the drugs charged to the insurance company and my cost at $0.00. The last time I picked up my insulin they charged my insurance company $1400 and I paid $0.

onecaliberal

(36,167 posts)
7. We have a co-pay that is very manageable. So grateful for that but I pay a lot in premiums.
Mon Apr 4, 2022, 07:29 PM
Apr 2022

I do not have a choice. It is what my employer offers.

badhair77

(4,640 posts)
9. Thanks, everyone,
Tue Apr 5, 2022, 07:31 AM
Apr 2022

for the info. If helps to go in prepared. Everything I read online indicated it would be totally covered but I thought maybe I misunderstood. My BIL doesn’t even check his glucose number because they wanted to charge him $100 for the test strips. I paid about $23 on Amazon.

badhair77

(4,640 posts)
10. Update: I did not get anything free but the cost was substantially less
Thu Apr 14, 2022, 06:34 PM
Apr 2022

than the original cost or what I was paying on Amazon.

Meter $7.40
Lancets $0.28 for 100
Test strips $3.30 for 100

Lots of hassle but now it’s finished for awhile.
Thanks for the input.

badhair77

(4,640 posts)
11. A second update - I received a check, unsolicited, from CVS this week.
Sun Jun 5, 2022, 05:45 PM
Jun 2022

CVS returned the money for the lancets and test strips so they are now totally covered by Medicare. It’s under $4 but I’m still amazed they bothered to send it.

badhair77

(4,640 posts)
12. Today I received an unsolicited check from CVS
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 05:04 PM
Jun 2022

for around $7 for the monitor. So the cost was covered.

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