Low cost insulin for diabetics

[WCraig]

Sorry, but the health care situation in the USA is ridiculous:

Life expectancy vs. health expenditure

Health expenditure includes all financing schemes and covers all aspects of healthcare. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in the cost of living between countries.

ourworldindata.org

Craig

 

[savarin]

The Michael Moore doco on the subject was an eye opener assuming it was true which from my experience in a few of those countries it was.

 

[Larry$]

I'm diabetic and I buy my insulin at WALMART Pharmacy for $25.00 for a 100 unit/ml glass vial. The price for long acting and short is the same. It is amazing you do not need a prescription to buy it either. I stopped buying Part D insurance as the insulin and generic meds I get are cheaper then the non generic. With my Co-Pay with insurance I paid $500.00 for 30 pens and when the doughnut hole kicked in I had to pay $1400.00 for insulin. I now pay approx 100.00 a month for the long lasting a 50.00 a month for the fast acting. It seems to work better too...less hot flashes...lol

What did you have to do to get insulin @ WalMart that cheap?

 

[alloy]

 

[RJSakowski]

Better hope that you will not need an EpiPen as well.

 

[Richard King 2]

The Pharmacist at CVS told me she thought Walmart had there own insulin. I called there and they told me they did, it was called Novolin. I called my MD to change the prescription for Novolin N & R,,,,called Walmart Pharmacy and they said I could buy it with-out prescription for less money then with one. (what a deal) Just I needed to know what dosage the MD recommended. If they used a DR Prescription it was 3 or 4 dollars more I think, probably more paperwork. I knew my dosage...so I drove over and bought 4 vials of N and 2 vials of R at the Pharmacy counter without a prescription. I have to give myself shots again, no problem if I can save thousands of dollars. I did ask CVS if they could get it, but it was over 130.00 from them. So Walmart is getting my business.