I think this is a suggestion made with the best intentions, but hopefully the absurdity of it isn't lost. We don't suggest people should keep their glasses in their cases on the weekend, or avoid insulin on holidays.

OF course it is absurd--but having to see your doctor for each refill and only being allowed to refill when you are almost completely out is also absurd. Sometimes an absurd situation calls for an absurd response.

At least two people so far have described glitches at their doctor's office combined with not being allowed to request a refill until they are almost out resulting in them running out and missing their medicine for days.

Your glasses comparison doesn't really fit. A better fit would be disposable contact lenses, which you are supposed to only wear once and not wear for more than a day. I wear glasses, not contacts, but if I switched to such contacts and they would only give me a 30 day supply, would not give me a new supply until I'm on the last few days of my current supply, and made me see an optometrist for each refill probably would try to use my old glasses every now and then instead of the contacts to widen the resupply window.

The insulin comparison also doesn't really fit because from what I've read missing your insulin for even a few hours, let alone a day, can cause serious and dangerous problems quickly. The skipping to build a reserve would only be an option with medicines where an occasional missed dose doesn't have any serious consequences.

It's not that its unsolveable by me. It's that it even has to be solved. People who need wheelchairs could also figure out creative ways to go to a wheelchair store with no ramps. That doesn't mean its not insane that that would exist.