If we seniors had just one prescribed pill for every promise politicians have made proposing adequate Medicare-drug benefits, we’d each have a lifetime pile of pharmaceuticals.
More bogus assurances belch forth from Washington daily.
Unfortunately, all the drug company cards, LillyAnswers, Orange Card, Novartis CareCard, etc. have been canceled because “they are not needed with Plan D.”
Yes, that’s what Big Pharma is saying!
Same for most of the free drug patient assistance programs offered.
However, you can still buy cheap drugs abroad, see…Canada: Your Prescription for Lower Drug Prices.
And also…Cheap and Free Drugs: Here’s Where to Get Them
National Prescription Assistance Programs
- National Council on Aging – Prescription Assistance Information
- Medicine Assistance Tool
Check Out What Your State Has to Offer…
Alaska – Chronic and Acute Medical Assistance
(888) 804-6330
California – Prescription Assistance for Medicare Patients
(916) 445-5014
Connecticut – Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract to the Elderly
(800) 842-1508
Delaware – Prescription Assistance Program
(800) 996-9669 ext. 17
Florida – SHINE Prescription Assistance
(800) 963-5337
Illinois – Illinois Cares Rx (formerly Circuit Breaker and Pharmaceutical Assistance Program)
Terminated 2012
Indiana – HoosierRx Program
(866) 267-4679
Maine – MaineCare (Elderly Low-Cost Drug Program)
(855) 797-4357
Maryland – Maryland Pharmacy Assistance Program
(800) 492-1974
Massachusetts – Senior Pharmacy Program
(800) 243-4636
Michigan – Michigan Emergency Pharmaceutical Program for Seniors
(517) 373-8230
Minnesota – Senior Drug Program
(800) 333-2433
Nevada – SeniorRx
(800) 262-7726
New Jersey – Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled
(800) 792-9745
New York – Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage Fee Plan
(800) 332-3724
Pennsylvania – Pharmaceutical Assistance for the Elderly
(800) 225- 7223
Rhode Island – Rhode Island Pharmaceutical Assistance for the Elderly
(401) 222-2858
Vermont – Vermont Health Access Plan
(800) 631-7788
Washington – Alliance to Reduce Prescription Drug Spending
(360) 923-2711