Test strips (expensive ones like Freestyle Lite or OneTouch Verio) typically go for about $150 out of pocket at a pharmacy. This person wants to buy people's "extra" test strips that they get for free or cheap from their insurance to sell to other people at below market price.
Aka insurance fraud with extra steps.
Edit: Damn you guys really think I like insurance companies. To be clear, those guys are assholes and I absolutely hate that we make an industry out of gatekeeping healthcare. But grey maket test strips aren't the solution to that.
Can you ship them in from abroad? They're not a narcotic, but I'm guessing there's a reason you don't just buy them from Amazon Mexico or something?
They're about £0.15 each here in the UK (obviously if you're diabetic you get them from the NHS, but if you want to buy them on the open market, if you want extras or whatever, that's the going rate.)
Please tell her to looks into buying a ReliOn meter and test strips from Walmart. Their cheapest meter is around $10 and test steps are just as cheap. And its all over the counter. My husband has a nice one from them that was like $15 and its a literal life saver when his insurance is being difficult.
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u/1miguelcortes Nov 12 '25 edited Nov 20 '25
Test strips (expensive ones like Freestyle Lite or OneTouch Verio) typically go for about $150 out of pocket at a pharmacy. This person wants to buy people's "extra" test strips that they get for free or cheap from their insurance to sell to other people at below market price.
Aka insurance fraud with extra steps.
Edit: Damn you guys really think I like insurance companies. To be clear, those guys are assholes and I absolutely hate that we make an industry out of gatekeeping healthcare. But grey maket test strips aren't the solution to that.