Free Diabetic Supplies

Whatever you have to say about Wal Mart, whether it’s good or bad, there is one thing that they have done to help people throughout the country.  Because they are a big enough retailer with a big enough pharmacy network, they started creating savings on medication for people several years ago by implementing their $4 prescription plan for medications that are commonly used and easily found in generic form.

This has been a lifesaver – often literally – for people without insurance and people on limited incomes.  We all know people who use Wal Mart as their main or only pharmacy because they can afford to get the medicines there that they might otherwise have to do without.

Wal Mart has also gone the extra mile when it comes to patient and community education regarding serious health concerns such as high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes.

In another move toward helping individuals with diabetes, Wal Mart has lowered the price of the ReliOn brand of diabetes management products to $9 each.  The ReliOn Blood Glucose Meter, Test Strips and Ac1 Tests will all sell for $9 each nationwide, which is a substantial savings over other brands.  The ReliOn brand is available exclusively at Wal Mart and it is part of Wal Mart’s commitment to affordable health care products.

Traditionally, other brands of these items, especially the glucose meter can cost from $25 to $75, and though there are some programs that will help offset those costs, it is necessary for the patient to have paperwork filled out by doctors or other health practitioners in order to be approved.

With Wal Mart’s new program none of the paperwork, doctor visits or extra steps are necessary.  The products are $9.  Period.

Whatever your opinion of Wal Mart’s policies, practices or politics, in the case of diabetes supplies and in the case of the prescription prices, they have done a good thing to help people who need these items to maintain their health.