Hello. I am an American currently living in italy. I am having trouble (surprise surprise) getting my insurance company to reimburse me for diabetic supplies that I purchase in europe. I'm currently paying over 60 euros for each tube of 50 accucheck aviva test strips and I know I can't keep that up. Id rather just find a cheaper version and pay out of pocket until I can get back to the states and stock up. Any systems you would suggest that I may be able to find here in rome or order on the uk/it version of Amazon? Any help would be appreciated.
You could have a look on Amazon, or eBay for that matter, and see what you find. Some people here talk of buying Aviva strips from both, but I have no experience of that. This site also had a shop, but I have no idea how competitive their pricing structure is.
Many of we T2s buy a brand called Codefree from the UK distributed Homehealth, who give us excellent service; and these are the cheapest strips I, personally, know of :
http://www.homehealth-uk.com/medical/blood_glucose_monitor_testing.htm Looking at their site, they do do overseas orders, via airmail, and appear to allow you to pay in Sterling, US$ or €. The Codefree strips are about,$11-12 for 50, although you would need to buy a compatible meter starter kit at around US$20, including a handful of strips.
The distributor so a very customer focused firm, so you could maybe call them, on Skype, and discuss how practical it would be?
I'm sure someone will be along with another view shortly, but good luck getting those costs down. That's crippling!
