With health insurance that Obama has let me keep, so far, my insulin co-pay is $40/month. I actually get more than I use in a month, so it is somewhat less than that. Supplies, test strips, etc. run about $40, too. The test strips being the most expensive piece of that. Throw in co-pays for a couple of generic drugs and having Type 1 diabetes costs me about $100/month. Granted, I don’t know what that would cost without insurance, but I don’t include that as a cost, since I would be paying for insurance regardless. Since it is through work, it’s based on a large pool, so it doesn’t cost more for me, based on my diabetes.
Sounds about like in Scandinavia. Of course, the co-pay is higher here but when Obama gets the gears rolling it’ll probably get higher there too. And there’s diabetes products - like sugar monitors - that you cannot get in Europe, because socialized medicine won’t allow them at all.