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Have you ever participated in a patient assistance program to reduce the cost of your insulin or other diabetes supplies?
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I have in the past, a coupon so much off each month, and I was on Novo Nordics free insulin for a short time, but I only received Novolog twice.
I am not sure what you are talking about. However, I had been offered a discount;t from the manufacturer of an SGLT2 inhibitor.Unfortunately, by the time they approved it, I had stopped taking the medication.
Yes, in the 1980’s when I lacked insurance I received discounted insulin for three months.
Bitter tears… yeah, the program reduced the CASH price to only $ 100 bucks per CGM sensor. And only for as long as the coupons were continued…. -Angry Mumbling- I stopped using them outright because I could not eat, pay my bills… so I simply stopped using them outright.
I have needed help really badly in the past to pay for insulin but my last years income was too high and it didn’t seem to matter we currently had no income. I just rationed insulin and rarely checked my sugar to conserve supplies.
No, I am aware of them, but never used them. I have always had employer sponsored health insurance. There have been fights about what’s covered and what’s not. My dependence on employer coverage has influenced my career choices over the years.
This isn’t really patient assistance, but I have used GoodRx for test strips. I can’t safely use the home glucose monitoring system covered by my health plan – it reads much higher than actual for people with chronic anemia (e.g. my Dexcom would alert to a low and trending lower, I did the -the – obligatory fingerstick and the meter read 150, 180+, Time for a bolus – which was the last thing I needed. The Dexcom was correct). So, I have to pay out of pocket for test strips. I now dose based on my Dexcom G6 (a big change from the 15-20 fingersticks I used to do). No major lows in years. I tried to convince the health plan to consider the highest rated for accuracy meter, but the PBM process gets in the way.
My insurance with Medicare and Blue Cross Blue Shield cover my insulin and pump supplies and Dexcom supplies.
When I lost my job, and my insurance, I participated until I found a new job and benefits.
My copay was high, an old pup I inherited developed heart disease and her meds costed more. Thus I stopped the CGM for her. A little later a Medtronic rep called asking why, after sending income forms my out of pocket expenses became great. When I retired completely stopped pumping, when the 780G upgrade was available, again was asked why I used syringes…. again offered an even better set of conditions.
I think a way to be sure I was wearing their device when I met the new set of docs at the VA?