# Amazon does something right **URL:** \ **Category:** D-News\ **Tags:** insulin\ **Created:** [August 15, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/amazon-does-something-right/14059 "2023-08-15T23:52:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mariethm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/mariethm/32/11739_2.png) [@Mariethm](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Mariethm)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/amazon-does-something-right/14059/1 "2023-08-15T23:52:11Z")
> **[Amazon Pharmacy to offer insulin, diabetes drugs for as little as $35 a month](https://nypost.com/2023/08/15/amazon-pharmacy-to-offer-insulin-diabetes-drugs-for-as-little-as-35-a-month/)** > > With the new program, patients using Amazon Pharmacy will no longer have to search for and manually enter coupons from the three largest insulin makers, Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly, and Sanofi, to lowe… ---
**Author:** ![MM2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/mm2/32/3032_2.png) [@MM2](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/MM2)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/amazon-does-something-right/14059/2 "2023-08-16T02:56:18Z")
This is similar good news. > **[FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Cap on the Cost of Insulin Could Benefit...](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/03/02/fact-sheet-president-bidens-cap-on-the-cost-of-insulin-could-benefit-millions-of-americans-in-all-50-states/)** > > As part of President Biden’s historic Inflation Reduction Act, nearly four million seniors on Medicare with diabetes started to see their insulin costs capped at $35 per month this past January, saving some seniors hundreds of dollars for a... I have been using offer for novolog for 3 vials for $99 for several years, based on post by @Eric. I prefer novolog, but not on my insurance formulary. [https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/novocares-insulin-savings-program-only-33-a-vial/](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/novocares-insulin-savings-program-only-33-a-vial/) ---
**Author:** ![John58](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/john58/32/147_2.png) [@John58](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/John58)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/amazon-does-something-right/14059/3 "2023-08-16T04:15:45Z")
Thanks for posting this! I wonder if we oldsters on Medicare will be eligible for Amazon discounted prices? I like the expansive list of pharmacy discounts that Amazon is planning…”Amazon Pharmacy will also automatically apply available discounts to diabetes-related medical devices from manufacturers Dexcom and Insulet, including continuous glucose monitors and pumps.” ---
**Author:** ![Marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Marie](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Marie)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 5:32am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/amazon-does-something-right/14059/4 "2023-08-16T05:32:57Z")
It looks like coupons can not be used if you are on government programs like Medicare. And without using insurance on the CGM’s, they are a lot more expensive than Costco etc. ---
**Author:** ![jbowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jbowler](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jbowler)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/amazon-does-something-right/14059/5 "2023-08-20T00:10:45Z")
My insurance company (moda) is currently enforcing $30/prescription/month; so that’s $60 on MDI but $30 on a pump. The Wyden Medicare deal, as I understand it, is better; $30/insulins/month, so same for MDI as pump (the bit in the bill to extend this to everyone got forced out by those opposed to it). I don’t recall if the final bill covered Medicaid but I think not. My insurance companies compromise is, I suspect, entirely voluntary, as in holding-your-breath voluntary. (Although, I admit, they are an insurance company who I would vote for.)