Diabetic finally gets tax relief from Wal-Mart

By jill coley
Submitted by BarryE — January 9, 2009 at 3:35 am

BarryE

Henry Hutchmacher Jr.'s 11-year-old daughter has diabetes. Every day, she goes through a handful of alcohol swabs, lancets and glucose strips.

Those diabetic supplies are exempt from sales tax, according to state law, yet Hutch- macher said he had a hard time convincing the Wal-Mart in Goose Creek to give the break to his daughter, Ashley.

Most of what a diabetic patient needs can be prescribed, said Wayne Weart, professor of pharmacy and family medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina, including items that do not necessarily require a prescription, such as alcohol swabs and glucose strips.

A patient may seek a prescription for items that don't require one in order to receive coverage under an insurance plan, he said. Another benefit is that all prescriptions are exempt from sales tax.

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highlandcitygirl highlandci­tygirl January 26, 2009 at 7:39 pm

we are taxed to death! some things should just be exempt anywhere in the u.s.a.

sparkysmom sparkysmom January 26, 2009 at 7:29 pm

Is that a federal tax or just SC?

shellyj shellyj January 26, 2009 at 5:50 pm

It's about time we need tax reilef as diabetics we pay a lot for our diabetes items