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Do You Trust Who You Are Selling Your Diabetic Test Strips To? - Diabetic testing supplies can be extremely expensive, but many people with diabetes receive diabetic test strips for glucose meters for free or at a low cost thanks to Medicare, Medicaid, or some private insurance companies. Some of these folks have taken to selling their extra test strips for extra cash, to companies who can then […]
5 Ways To Get The Most Money When You Sell Your Diabetic Test Strips for Cash - The practice of selling extra diabetic testing strips and other supplies is becoming a more and more popular way for people to make some extra cash. As the process has risen in popularity, the entire transaction now often takes place online! But with so many buyers to choose from, how can you know if you’re […]
3 Experiences I Would Have Missed if I didn’t Have Diabetes - Getting diagnosed with diabetes can be a scary thing. It often means drastic changes to your everyday life that can be overwhelming — not to mention, lots of needles! Living with diabetes isn’t easy either. It takes a lot of work — monitoring sugar levels, managing diet and exercise, and making sure to take all […]
Rising Cost of Insulin - More than 30 million Americans deal with diabetes on a daily basis. That means millions of people are in critical need of life saving synthetic insulin their bodies can’t produce on their own. The problem? Between 2002 and 2014, the cost for this irreplaceable drug increased by 64%. What’s causing this dramatic spike and how […]
Insulin Injections or Pump: Which Is Right For You? - Some patients living with type-1 diabetes may eventually find themselves facing down the question — do I want to use daily injections or an insulin pump to manage my blood sugar levels? It’s a challenging question to answer — let’s take a look at some of the pros and cons of each option to help […]
Do Diabetic Test Strips Expire? - Have you ever noticed the expiration date on a box of diabetes testing strips? Why is that even there — how could a test strip possibly expire, isn’t it basically just paper? What most people don’t realize is there’s far more than meets the eye when it comes to one of these critical testing supplies. […]
Who Buys Diabetic Test Strips? - Maybe you’ve seen one of those signs on the side of the road or gotten an ad while scrolling on the Internet and caught yourself wondering — who exactly is buying all these diabetic testing strips? And why? The answer? Companies that have to go through an approval process with the FDA buy test strips […]
How to Save Money on Test Strips - With over 30 million Americans living with diabetes, chances are everyone knows somebody who needs a regular supply of testing strips. This is one item that can’t be skipped whenever wallets get tight as diabetics are required to test their blood glucose levels multiple times a day, requiring a brand new strip for each test. […]
How to Make Extra Cash for Test Strips - How Many People are Impacted by Diabetes Almost 10% of the U.S. population is living with diabetes today — that’s 30.3 million people. Diabetes is a disease that needs to be managed actively and monitored multiple times throughout the day. The disease can lead to heart disease, stroke, blindness, kidney failure, and lower-limb amputation, among […]
Why are diabetic test strips so expensive? - These tiny little test trips that cost approximate $0.15 to produce are projected to become an almost $13 billion dollar global market by 2021. So why are test strips so expensive when they’re relatively inexpensive to make? What the $0.15 production cost does not factor in is the intensive research done to perfect the strip […]