Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield is a Joke

I am a diabetic. I switched to a gold plan at Anthem which cost $200 more a month because I thought it would give me better coverage and not make me stuck with Kaiser doctors. The pharmacy benefit has been a complete joke. I highly recommend everyone avoid.

3 test strips of Verio a day on a 3 month supply is $140 with my gold plan. The same test strips on OneTouch website $125

With my silver plan at kaiser it was like $45

Dexcom is $225 using their mail order pharmacy. Kaiser was $65 for a 3 month supplies.

I'm going to die before I can make these copays. I called dozens of times trying to get prices before switching but they couldn't give it to me without a group code which I couldn't get because I wasn't enrolled.

Please help me make sense of this. How is it cheaper on the manufacturers website then through insurance?

Is it really cheaper for me not to take meds and end up in the hospital or dead?

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