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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

County Offers All Residents a Prescription Drug Discount Card


THE GUARDIAN saw this piece of good news for county residents and wanted to share it with you.

Canyon County will soon introduce a discount card program to help consumers cope with the high price of prescription drugs. The county has signed a contract to make free prescription drug cards available under a program sponsored by the National Association of Counties that offers average savings of 22 percent off the retail price of commonly prescribed drugs.

The cards, which will be available in the next few weeks, may be used by all county residents, regardless of age, income or existing health coverage. Several of the pharmacies in the county will accept the NACo card, and more than 59,000 participating retail pharmacies nationwide will honor it.

“The NACo prescription discount card will offer significant savings for the uninsured and underinsured residents of our county, and even those fortunate to have prescription coverage may use the card to save money on drugs that are not covered by their health plan,” said Board of County Commission Chair David Ferdinand. “Residents do not have to be Medicare beneficiaries to be eligible for this program.”

There will be no cost to county taxpayers for NACo and Canyon County to make these money-saving cards available to residents. Once Canyon County receives the cards, an announcement will be made regarding how and when residents may obtain them.

“Using the NACo prescription drug card is easy,” Ferdinand said. “A cardholder will 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 CVS Caremark.
Posted by Paul Alldredge at 8:36 AM

2 comments:

  1. AnonymousFriday, October 24, 2008 10:19:00 AM

    This is a great idea. Leave it to the "little people" to get the ball rolling on such a plan. Imagine, now, if our states could pool their resources maybe we could save even more than 22%.
    Or, imagine our elected invertebrates in D.C. putting together even a grander plan than these? Imagine.

    MainStreetIdaho

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  2. AnonymousMonday, August 19, 2013 2:59:00 PM

    I use a card called RxDrugCard but would be willing to try this one if the drug prices were better. Is there a list?

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