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Shopping for Drugs: 2004

Patient Assistance Plans

• Prescription Drug Assistance Programs section of Medicare.gov
• Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder
• BenefitsCheckUp - If you have Medicare and are considering whether to sign up for the new Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage, this is a good first step.
• Fact Sheet on Low-Income Assistance Under the Medicare Drug Benefit - Kaiser Family Foundation
• Affording Care: How To Get Free Medications
• Drug Assistance Programs from Pharmaceutical Companies
• How to Apply to Free Prescription Drug Programs
• AARP - State-by-State, Plan-by-Plan List of Pharmacy Assistance Programs
• State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs (includes seniors, disabled, uninsured and others)

• Need Meds - Pharmaceutical Manufacturer's Drug Assistance Programs
• RxAssist - provides health care providers with information on accessing more than 100 pharmaceutical manufacturers' patient assistance programs.
• The Medicine Program Free Prescription Medicine is Available
• Benefits Advocate of Tennessee - assist low income families and individuals in finding free prescription medicines,
• Free Medicine Program - assist you in obtaining your medication absolutely Free of charge.
• Free Medicine Foundation - help patients nationwide of ALL AGES obtain free prescription drugs.
• Free Prescriptions for you
• GlaxoSmithKline: Commitment to Access
• Partnership for Prescription Assistance
• HelpingPatients.org - provides a comprehensive one-stop link to thousands of medicines offered through hundreds of patient assistance programs
• ayudandopacientes.org -
• Rx Help for Washington - patient assistance programs
• Washington prescription drug card

• Articles
  • Savings in the cards - Sept 11, 2004
  • ConsumerReports: Pitfalls of health discount cards
  • Kaiser Family Foundation - Prescription Drug Costs and Coverage, Public Opinion, Research & Recent Legislation
• Companies
  • Medicare-Approved Prescription Drug Discount Card Program
  • AARP Health Care Options Pharmacy Savings Services
  • American Health Association
  • Peoples Prescription Plan
  • PBMRx Canadian Prescription Plan
  • WellRX Discount Prescription Drug Program
  • GlaxoSmithKline Orange Card - assists low-income seniors who have no prescription coverage
  • Pfizer Share Card Program - Pfizer Prescriptions, to Low-Income Seniors

• Articles
  • 10 Tips: Spend less on prescription drugs - 10 Tips- msnbc.com
  • 2005 Prescription Drug State Legislation
  • Partnership for Safe Medicines - provides consumers with useful tools to make informed prescription purchasing and use decisions.
  • ConsumerReports: Save money on prescription drugs
• Companies
  • Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs
  • Costco pharmacy
  • I-SaveRx - Developed by the State of Illinois, and open to all Illinois, Wisconsin, Kansas, Missouri and Vermont residents, the new I-SaveRx program offers a safe, simple and affordable way to purchase the medication refills you need - at savings of up to 50 percent!
  • Prescription Point is an online U.S. and Canadian mail order prescription service of choice.

FDA's general position: The FDA, due to the current state of their regulations, has taken the position that virtually all shipments of prescription drugs imported from a Canadian pharmacy by a U.S. consumer will violate the law.

• Articles
  • Canada to consider export ban on drugs - June 29, 2005
  • Why We Pay So Much For Drugs - January 25, 2004
  • FDA: U.S. generics better buy than Canada drugs - January 19, 2004
  • Zap The High Cost Of Prescription Drugs - February 8, 2002
  • Canadian pharamicists sell prescription drugs online - October 25, 2002
  • Across-the-Border Bargains on Rx Drugs - March 8, 2002
  • Canadian Doctor Saves Patients Money on Rx Drugs in U.S. - November 20, 2002
• Companies
  • Aptecha - Canadian Drugstore - discount prescription medication services to the United States.
  • borderRx.com Canadian prescription prices for US residents
  • Canada Family Meds - Discount Prescriptions Online Pharmacy
  • CanadianPharmacyTrust.com
  • Canadian Meds USA
  • CanadaRX.com
  • Canada Rx Connection
  • Canada Rx Shop
  • CanUsameds
  • CrossBorderPharmacy.com - Canada Drugs from Canadian Pharmacies
  • DoctorSolve Healthcare Solutions - prescription medications from Canada
  • Prescription Point is an online U.S. and Canadian mail order prescription service of choice.

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