Prescription drug assistance for those without medical coverage

Posted by Yardie Luke on June 19, 2010 under Health | Read the First Comment

My fellow Jamaicans, Caribbean friends and friends in general, I would like to share some very valuable information with you regarding paying for prescription drugs.

Last summer I spent a few hours at a medical facility in Florida and left there with a $12,000 bill for tests and drugs. Fortunately I had insurance through my employer and end up paying less than $200 out of pocket expense.  Sadly many of our friends and families do not have insurance coverage to cover most of their health related expenses.

About 5 years ago while working at an insurance company I was made aware of a program in the United States that helps people with their prescription drug expense. It is called The Partnership for Prescription Assistance and their website is pparx.org.

The Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) helps qualifying patients without prescription drug coverage get the medicines they need for free or nearly free.

According to their website, “The Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA), a nationwide effort sponsored by America’s pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies, has helped nearly 6 million uninsured and financially-struggling Americans get information about programs that provide prescription medicines for free or nearly free. PPA provides a single point of access to more than 475 patient assistance programs, including nearly 200 offered by pharmaceutical companies.”

Who Is The PPA?

  • The PPA is sponsored by America’s pharmaceutical research companies.
  • These pharmaceutical research companies are working with doctors, pharmacists, other health care providers, patient advoca¬cy organizations and community groups to educate patients about the PPA
  • More than 1,300 leading national, state and local organizations have joined forces with the PPA.

PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH SOMEONE WHO COULD BENEFIT FROM IT.

Peace and Good Health,

Yardie Luke

  • Rich Sagall said,

    All the information on pharmaceutical patient assistance programs plus hundreds of other programs are available for free at http://www.needymeds.org. Each workday over 13,000 people visit our site. We have all the applications on the website.

    Our information is easy to access, updated regularly, and free. We gather no information about our users.

    You don’t have to pay to apply to these programs. Most are easy to apply to and respond quickly.

    We also offer a free drug discount card. No registration is required and anyone is eligible to use it. The average savings is 40%-45% with occasional savings of up to 75% or even more.

    Rich Sagall, MD
    President
    NeedyMeds, Inc.
    P.O. Box 219
    Gloucester, MA 01931

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