July 26, 2015

Diabetes control comes at high cost for many in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - For the past 18 years, Barney Shepherd, an 87-year-old World War II veteran from Philadelphia, has purchased a box of 22 glucose test strips to check his Type 2 diabetes for $25.

When he wanted to increase the count to 50, the cost was $90.

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