Bayer Contour Choice Program----YOUR SERVICE IS TERRIBLE!

So AGAIN this month my Bayer Contour Choice program card is NOT WORKING!


AHHHHH!!! I AM SCREAMING right now!

So my Walgreen's Pharmacy, who should be considered saints, called these jack wagons AGAIN and asked them WTF is going on?  My card is good until 12/31/2015 so why is it not working?  They told her that SOMETIMES they just cancel cards and dont tell anyone or give explanations?!

Bayer Contour Choice Program has been extended

I just got done going through the Prior Authorization fiasco with my health insurance to get more than their measly 150 they want to give me each month.  I get 300 a month and yes I am on a Dexcom.  There are some days where I am  having a hard time and test my blood sugar 20 times, there are some days I test my blood sugar 5 times and there are some days I test my blood sugar 10 times a day.  So if they give me the measly 150/mo I end up rationing my blood glucose test strips which you all know what that means, really crappy control.  I dont know how anyone can only test 5 times a day every single day for 30 days.  I just dont.

So after my Endo sent in the forms for me to get 300 I get my approval letter stating that I am approved for 140. Huh? 140?  They come in bottles of 50 not 10.  So I called my Endo's office, yep we asked for 300, ok great thanks! So I call my insurance and after waiting forever they discovered I did get 300!  YAY! GREAT!

I called the Contour Choice program hotline to ask if my card was still good.  He says he has no way of telling me that I have to ask the pharmacy and he also said that they have not yet extended the discount card program due to end May 31st.

If you go to: http://www.bayercontour.com/Meter-and-Test-Strip-Savings/ContourCHOICEProgram/Home You will see that is states it now ends 12/31/2015, yep thats right the people giving out the information on the hotline at Bayer don't even know this!  Awesome! 

Call the pharmacy to give them the good news.  Or so I thought.  I asked if my Contour Choice program card was still good and she said no it is expired from being used 12 times.  So I go online and renew my discount card and then it finally works!  My test strips will again go from a co-pay of $50.00 down to $15.00  It is a pain in my butt to get this done every single year but holy smokes does it save me a lot of money!  It goes from being $600/year for test strips down to $180!

If you are using the Bayer Contour Choice discount program it has been extended, just go to the link and renew your card or if it gives you fits, act like you are getting a new one and it will then renew the old one.  I had to go this route to get it done!

Test Strip Discount Programs and Free Insulin Programs

This info is at the top of my blog on the tabs, but I know it isnt viewable in the mobile version of blogs.


Bayer: http://www.bayercontour.com/Meter-and-Test-Strip-Savings/Contour-Choice-Savings

Freestyle: https://www.myfreestyle.com/freestyle-promise.html

Accu-Chek: https://www.accu-chek.com/us/customer-care/patient-assistance-program.html

Accu-Chek: https://www.accu-chekconnect.com/connect/index.html

If you know of more please tell me and I will add them here!

It seems like not many people know about these programs to help the uninsured get their insulin.  You have to meet income guidelines but I wanted to be sure you all know about them!

Free Humalog:  http://www.lillytruassist.com/Pages/AboutLillyCares.aspx

Free Lantus:  http://www.lantus.com/hcp/paying-for-lantus/patient-assistance-programs.aspx

Free Novolog & Levemir: https://www.novonordiskpap.com/Forms/Diabetes%20PAP%20Fax%20On%20Demand%20Application-%20English.pdf

A website to look up all help for medication:  http://www.needymeds.org/