Liberty Medical

Liberty Medical Supply, Inc. ("Liberty Medical") is a home delivery service that sells diabetes testing supplies, prescription drugs, urology supplies and ostomy supplies directly to consumers. The company was a subsidiary of Medco Health Solutions, Inc., which purchased Liberty Medical and its parent company, PolyMedica, in 2007. After Express Scripts acquired Medco, they sold Liberty Medical in December 2012 to members of its management team, and it now operates again as an independent company. Liberty Medical's corporate headquarters is located in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The company was one of the city's largest employers with as many as 2,432 employees in 2012. By the end of 2013, the company headquarters employed as few as 940 employees, adding to the community's jobless rate of over 9%, and implemented 20% pay cuts for all employees.

Liberty Medical provides services to hundreds of thousands of patients through home delivery of their diabetes testing supplies, prescription medications, and other healthcare products that they need to manage their diabetes and related conditions. Since Liberty Medical offers free shipping, a free meter, and files insurance claims on the patient’s behalf, in many cases the service results in no charge to the patient.

Liberty Medical has been expanding its product lines, offering a number of medical services and supplies in addition to diabetes testing supplies, such as prescription drugs, a personal emergency response system, sleep apnea equipment including CPAP masks, and ostomy and incontinence diabetes testing supplies.

Liberty Medical television commercials air frequently during the CBS TV Show The Price is Right and other daytime TV programs in the United States. They have featured veteran character actor Wilford Brimley, who has been the spokesman since 1999 (and a diabetic since 1979). He is famously known for telling diabetics to "check their blood sugar, and check it often", as well as for his unique pronunciation of the word "diabetes" ("diabeetus"), which has been the subject of several parodies and internet memes. Other celebrity diabetics who have done at least one commercial for the company include Nell Carter,Phylicia Rashad and Delta Burke.

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