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Prescription Drug Assistance

Prescription drugs can eat up a huge percentage of your health care budget. But many times medication is exactly what is needed to control your health conditions. If you can't pay for your medicines and supplies without help, you should tell your health care provider immediately. Your doctor may be able to direct you to local programs or even provide free samples.

The Medicare program offers a search able database of prescription drug assistance programs. This website provides valuable information on public and private programs offering discounted or free medication. You can also learn about Medicare health plans with prescription coverage.

Listed below are some programs that may help offset the cost of your prescription costs. Many of the programs have age or income limitations and may not be right for you.

Helping Patients – Helping Patients brings together America’s pharmaceutical companies, doctors, patient advocacy organizations and civic groups to help low-income, uninsured patients get free or nearly free brand-name medicines. Through this site, Helping Patients offers a single point of access to more than 275 public and private patient assistance programs, including more than 150 programs offered by pharmaceutical companies.

Needy Meds --  is an excellent source of information on Patient Assistance Programs to offset the cost of prescription medications. The site also provides information on specialized programs at the state level.

RXassist – Is a program of Volunteers in Healthcare and is sponsored by the Robert Woods Foundation a national leader in healthcare research and policy issues.
Rx Outreach is a new Patient assistance program developed by Express Scripts Specialty Distribution Services, Inc. (ESSDS). The program provides qualified low-income individuals and families access to generic versions of brand name medications. They also provide information about low cost drug cards.

Together Rx Access – This program is for families who are not eligible for Medicare and has strict income limits for inclusion – but may help contain the cost of prescription drugs.  The card can save 25% - 40% on brand name drugs and supplies (not all are covered). Many oral diabetes medications are included in the program as well as some diabetic supplies. The program is supported by a number of large pharmaceutical companies and is accepted at the majority of pharmacies in the United States.

Partnership for Prescription Assistance – The Partnership brings together America’s pharmaceutical companies, doctors, other health care providers, patient advocacy organizations and community groups to help qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage get the medicines they need through a public or private program that’s right for them. Many individuals will get their medication free or nearly free. The Partnership seeks to increase awareness of patient assistance programs and boost enrollment of those who are eligible. Their website offers a single point of access to more than 475 public and private patient assistance programs, including more than 150 programs offered by pharmaceutical companies. To access the Partnership for Prescription Assistance by phone, you can call toll-free, 1-888-4PPA-NOW (1-888-477-2669).

For seniors Only
Benefits Check Up – A Program of the National Council On Aging
BenefitsCheckUp has a comprehensive online service to screen for federal, state and some local private and public benefits for older adults (ages 55 and over). It contains over 1,300 different programs from all fifty states (including the District of Columbia). On average there are 50 to 70 programs available to individuals per state.

In addition to identifying the programs that a person may be eligible to receive, BenefitsCheckUp also provides a detailed description of the programs, local contacts for additional information (typically the addresses and phone numbers of where to apply for the programs), and materials to help successfully apply for each program.

BenefitsCheckUp was developed to address a concerning problem: millions of older adults are eligible for benefits, but not receiving them. Ranging from health coverage to supplemental income to help in paying utility bills, there are millions of older adults who could benefit from a wide array of public programs if they knew about them and how to apply for them.

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