Sporty,
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS REPLY WAS CORRECTED ONCE I BECAME FULLY AWAKE. My intelligence and memory are impaired at 3-4am :-)
Almost all Prescription Assistance Programs (PAPs) exclude anyone with a Medicare Part D prescription plan, so we would probably need to work without depending upon drug company assistance. Here is an example of the extreme discrimination used by one pharm company prescription aid program for insulin.
The patient cannot have prescription insurance, be ineligible for any federal or state programs and meet income guidelines that are not disclosed. Patients who are eligible for any government program, including Part D, are not eligible for this program. Patients must also be under the age of 65.
This eliminates your mother in more than one fashion.
Probably the best method for lowering her costs is to work with knowledge of her SPECIFIC Medicare Part D prescription plan.
To do that we need to know several pieces of information.
Many such plans are called "Senior Care". Ones with the same name and issued by the same insurance company usually have substantial differences depending upon which state she lives in. We need information about the specific insurance plan she uses and the state she resides in.
Most states require that Part D insurance must have a Medicare-approved transition process for members whose condition has stabilized on medications not on the plan