by stevez » Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:29 am
I put the link for the discount card in the forum because of it's effectiveness. Agelity handles >60% of the discount cards on the market. As a third party administrator, their collective purchasing power has aggressive discounts (especially in the generic market). You're links to programs in pharmacies is great info. As a pharmacist working with safety net organizations, coming from a mutigenerational pharmacist family, Pharm consultant for the federal government, pro consumer regarding "access to affordable pharmacy services" - including fairly priced drugs; I believe all people lacking 3rd party prescription drug coverage should carry a discount card (the one I posted) because (1) once its on the patient record at the pharmacy- ALL scripts will be processed under the card -new an refill (2) no income guidelines required (3) no registration asked for (3) no citizenship necessary. Patients are given the lower of the store's retail price (ex $4, $9 etc) or the discounted card price- WHICHEVER IS LESS.