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badhair77

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10. Update: I did not get anything free but the cost was substantially less

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Thu Apr 14, 2022, 07:34 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.

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Has anyone on Medicare tried to get [View all] 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