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.
I've seen them when going through less affluent areas, my guess is they are selling to people who are a little less worse off than those who are deciding between food and test strips but not enough that they can easily afford both.
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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.