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In the past six months, have you been forced to change medications because of your health insurance?
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Haven’t been ‘forced’ but in order to continue my current test strips (tied to my insulin pump), co-pay (30 day supply) went from $10 to $69.95.
insurance forced me to move to generic insulin or not have coverage.
Not in the past 6 months but there has been at least 3 times I have had to switch between Humalog and Novolog because one of them was not covered by my health insurance. Currently I don’t have insurance and I use Insulin Aspart but haven’t had to purchase because I ordered as much as I could before my insurance ended.
Not forced but wanted to go to generic Humalog insulin for my pump to bring down the cost. Supposedly insulin prices were going to be set at $35 a month according to the government but I am not seeing that.
Insurance companies often have a “preferred” insulin. I always ask because I can save $ by going with the lower cost insulin. Am I bring “forced” to change? I think I am STRONGLY encouraged and this is not a battle I want to fight.
Not within the past 6 months, but every few years my insurance designates either Humalog or Novolog as the covered insulin. Within the past few years they named a single brand of test strips as the preferred brand.
Insurance.. I wish.. lilly cares Humalog program for the uninsured. Thank you lilly
I don’t have to pay for my prescription medications as it’s covered by our NHS (National Health Service), which is funded via direct taxation of all working people that earn over a prescribed minimum. (I live in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.)
I have been forced to change a non diabetes med, but not my insulin.
Been forced – Mannkind Cares offered me “free” Afrezza. I have very poor absorption – and seem to develop (despite good hygiene practices) infections in injection sites. So, inhaled insulin was the answer. The docs pleaded my case with insurance for months to no avail. So, I’m back to injections – tried pump but absorption was poor and infections too numerous to continue. The > $1,000/mo for Afrezza was simply too steep to remain on once the Mannkind Cares program dumped me.
The only thing that happened recently was for a prescription of eye drops that I was taking for eye pressure. I had to switch to something else because of manufacturing problems the company was having. I had to wonder if that was covid related but I’ll never know. The good thing for me is that my diabetes supplies, including insulin, are completely free for me this year, $0 co-pays.
Happens almost every time my Insurance changes… They keep flopping me back & forth between Humalog and Novolog Insulin. Still have about 2 months of Humalog remaining but current insurance switched me back to Novolog again so I have one vial Novolog waiting for when I run out of Humalog.
my PBM has been lots of fun to deal with but my endo has worked with them to get the insulin he wants. was forced off novolog to humalog but endo eventually got prior authorization for FIASP. however, strips were another story. only brand they cover is OneTouch Verio and it was so bad that I paid entirely from my own pocket for Choice meter / strips from Amazon. now using FreeStyle Libre 14 day and they cover it.
Pre-existing condition (T1D) so I can’t get any insurance coverage in Ontario Canada.
My insurance wants a switch to Lispro—generic version. My doc said no, so for now I remain on branded Humalog. Idk. I need to ask in other forums I guess whether people have had issues with the switch from brand to generic. Makes me nervous.
Wish I could change my insurance it covers nothing. Would love to change pump and get dex6 also. Just to expensive.
Being a senior, the Medicare RX with Cigna is the best company to use having type 1 diabetes. The tier 6 is for diabetics and no co-pay for insulins even in the coverage gap. But you have to be 65 years old on Medicare to enroll.
My insurance will not pay for my Novolog anymore, now I have to use homolog and not diabetic related they won’t pay for my ventolin inhaler, I have to use the generic Albuterol … Not a happy camper!
With my prior insurance I could either get 3 vials of Humalog for $150 through my Medicare part A & B due to insulin pump or pay about $80 for 3 vials through my husbands private insurance. We now have Caremark Rx’s thru GEHA and they wanted $600 for a 84 day supply of Humalog. Had to switch to Novolog and will still pay over $200. What the ??? I thought insulin was supposed to be coming cheaper, not more expensive. So PO’d. 🙁 I know. Stop whining. At least I have insurance.
12 months ago my RX order for NovoPen was changed to Humalog KwikPens. Since it’s a big hassle to change ae
I’m on Medicaid insurance they don’t change my diabetes supplies just my pills I take but there just trying to save you money the generic is a dollar copay name brands are 3.00 copays but I do understand that 1 medication works better than the other the doctor has to tell them why the one works better than the generic
I’ve had to switch from Apidra to Humalog. I prefer Apidra as it’s more fast acting for me and I don’t have to wait 40 minutes before I eat like I do with Humalog.