Actually the diabetic testing equipment can be quite expensive. Strips, if you're purchasing them yourself can go from $100 a month up. Then there is all the other expenses. Can can see someone with only social security having to choose between test strips and other bills.
On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Or just eliminate from Medicare and Medicaid expeditures all of the > unnecessary items, like diabetic testing equipment and supplies for those > who don't have Type I diabetes. A multi-billion dollar industry funded > mostly by Medicare and providing no value at all. > > The entire problem with ACA is that it forces insurance on consumers > without doing anything to contain healthcare costs. So it is boon for both > industries on the back of the taxpayer. > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > also how about letting Medicare negotiate drug prices instead of paying > > what big pharma dictates. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:368099 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
