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Pinellas County offers prescription drug discount card
Article published on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 |
PINELLAS COUNTY - The county is making free prescription drug discount cards available under a program sponsored by the National Association of Counties that offers average savings of 20 percent off the retail price of commonly prescribed drugs.
The cards may be used by all county residents, regardless of age, income or existing health coverage and are accepted at many of the county’s pharmacies. A national network of more than 59,000 participating retail pharmacies also will honor the NACo prescription discount card.
“Pinellas County is proud to be one of the counties nationwide participating with NACo,” said Maureen Freaney, director of Pinellas County Health and Human Services. “The NACo prescription discount card offers significant savings for the uninsured and underinsured residents of our county, and even those fortunate to have prescription coverage can use the card to save money on drugs that are not covered by their health plan. Residents do not have to be Medicare beneficiaries to be eligible for this program.”
Best of all, there is no cost to county taxpayers for NACo and Pinellas County to make these money-saving cards available to residents.
Cards will be available at several locations, including the five offices of Pinellas County Health and Human Services, the five offices of the Pinellas County Health Department, county offices frequented by the public, senior centers, community centers and more. For a list of locations where the card is available, go to www.pinellascounty.org/humanservices. County residents can call toll free 1-877-321-2652 or visit https://naco.advancerx.com for assistance with the program.
“Using the NACo prescription discount card is easy,” said Freaney. “Simply present it at a participating pharmacy. There is no enrollment form, no membership fee and no restrictions or limits on frequency of use. Cardholders and their family members may use the card any time their prescriptions are not covered by insurance.”
The discount card program is administered by Caremark Rx Inc.
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Article published on Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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