One Touch has a free offer. You do have to have an RX to claim the coupon, which they email you.
FreeStyle will send you the free machine without RX, with 10 free strips to get started...but it is the other chemical type, and measures other sugars present besides glucose. You then need an RX to get strips cheaper etc, but you can buy them both, machine and strips without RXs cash in US.
The One Touch ultra mini I have varies in price from 15-19.99 depending on where you go. WalMart and Target tend to be lower.
https://www.onetouchdiabetes.com/offers
This offer took 3 weeks to come for me...which I found was a long wait (right after Xmas).
FreeStyle from Abbott:
http://www.myfreestyle.com/index.html
The deals from Abbott are better...but remember they are competing against One Touch which has some advantages over them.
Both of these mini-meters are inexpensive now. Mine is very easy to use. I got an Rx from my doctor, who is watching me closely and wanted a daily log...which I found very revealing personally! My highest sugars are in the morning fasting...called the "dawn phenomenon".
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