Re: Purchasing testing supplies over the counter

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In a message dated 2/25/2006 5:39:59 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

andrew@... writes:

Here in my part of Texas, I can buy as many strips as I want without a

prescription. The prescription is only to get your insurance company

to pay.

Hi ,

I'm in Virginia and I can buy strips, lancets, meters over the counter. I

thank God that I have insurance. If I did not have insurance, I would do a

lot of price comparison for strips.

Even though I do have insurance, I wanted to change meters, so I waited

until Walgreen's had the Accu-Chek compact free after rebate. I got the meter

and 17 strips free, except for the postage to send in the rebate. The next

time they had this offer, I got another one.

Even with insurance, when our insurance changed last fall, I called to find

out the price of strips. If the strips for the Accu-Chek had cost more than

other strips, I probably would have changed meters again.

hugs

Eunice