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How much did you spend out-of-pocket on all of your diabetes medications and supplies from the start of April through the end of June 2022?
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I live in the US but have a very good health insurance plan that pays for 100% of the diabetic supplies.
Hey Molly, do you mind sharing your health insurance plan?
Someone gave us extra pods and I will order Dexcom soon so no orders that quarter.
I live in Sweden and here all diabetes medications and supplies for T1D are made available at no personal cost. The general healthcare insurance issued by the state, available for all citizens (young, old, employed, unemployed…everyone) in this country, pays for all these things for all type 1 diabetics.
My out of pocket expenses were for extra glucose food for hypo rescue, but that’s it
$0. I live in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland where ALL of my diabetes medications and supplies are paid for by our NHS (National Health Service), which is funded via direct taxation of all working people.
Not counting the $1200 in insurance premiums
It horrifies me when I start to wonder how we’d all survive without health insurance.
BUT, other countries find the ability to provide their diabetics with needed supplies without the need for expensive insurance. What is wrong with us?
Could it be greed in a certain segment???
Yes, greed is what it is and that health care in America is a commodity, and not a human right!
In Sweden I haven’t spent a penny on anything diabetes related, except for my doctor’s visits!
Health care is free in most European countries, whereas it has high cost in US. Here in Italy, I am provided for all drugs, devices, and medical care I need, except for paying a small contribution (we call it a “ticket”) mainly meant to discourage unreasonable requests. It amounted to about 15 $ for me in April-June.
Trump tryed he just gave it the wrong name medicare for all he should have gave it another name maybe everyone would have voted for it
Not including the 32 hours of my billable time spent on phone calls to get my medications and supplies prescribed, approved and dispensed on time.
Just my insulin was almost $500, then add the 20 other meds that I currently take. It gets scarry expensive on a quarterly basis.
My figure was high because I purchased a new insulin pump and CGM during that time. Otherwise, it would have been $70.
I live in Canada and have no health insurance. So I spend about $1,000/mth or $3,000 every 3 months.
This question probably should have had an “Other” answer, since it didn’t I selected 501-750 since my Medicare Supplemental plan that’s used to cover the remaining 20% leftover after Medicare pays their part, I pay $220/month for that.
My husband’s employer provides Premera heritage prime, which is not available on an individual level. These are his “golden handcuffs.”
Hopefully my medical conditions are all cured by before he retires. Aaaahhhhhhh……. yeah right.
My insurance does not cover CGMs, so . . .
The cost provides CGM necessities for 3 months.
I’ve spent $22.00 on all my supplies $3.00 more dollars when I get my cgm