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Sites to Search for Prescription Drug Assistance Programs
- BenefitsCheckupRx
This site provides a free personal report specifying all the prescription drug programs a person is eligible for and detailed instructions on how to enroll. An on-line questionnaire must be completed first to receive a report. This site is a service from The National Council on the Aging (NCOA).
- Medicare.gov - Prescription Drug Assistance Programs Help
This section on the Medicare Web site provides information about private and public programs that offer free or discounted medicines to Medicare beneficiaries through Medigap plans, Medicare Managed Plans, federal employee benefits, veterans benefits, and state-based programs as well as various other sources. Search the database by zip code or state/region, pharmaceutical company, and by health condition/disease.
- HelpingPatients.org
This site provides a list of prescription drug programs a person is eligible for. A short questionnaire must be completed first to receive the list. Or you can search for programs by member pharmaceutical company name. This site is run by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), an organization that represents research-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
- Needymeds.com
Search for drug assistance programs by drug name or by pharmaceutical company/program name. This site was founded by Libby Overly, M.Ed, MSW and Richard J Sagall, MD and is sponsored by the Caregivers Marketplace, Amazon.com, and iGive.
- Pfizer for Living Share Card™ -Prescription Drug Assistance Cards or call 800.717.6005
Pfizer's drug prescription savings program/card for Medicare beneficiaries who have a gross income less than $18,000 per year ($24,000 per couple), who have no other drug prescription coverage, and are not eligible for Medicaid or any other state-funded drug benefit program. There is no enrollment or annual fees to join this program. Once enrolled, there is a flat fee of $15 for up to a 30-day supply of certain Pfizer medications.
- Together Rx or call 800.865.7211
Eight large pharmaceutical companies partnered together to provide a prescription savings program/card. Medicare beneficiaries with annual incomes of less than $28,000 for individual ($38,000 for couples) who do not have other private or public prescription drug coverage are eligible to enroll in this free program. (Income limits vary in Alaska and Hawaii.) This one card can be used for many medications manufactured by: Abbott Laboratories, AstraZeneca, Aventis, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen Pharmaceutica Products L.P, Novartis, and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc..
