Saturday, April 12, 2008

How Much Did Escambia County Pay for Prescription Drug Discount Cards?

On Thursday, Escambia County announced that citizens – who have trouble paying for their prescriptions drugs – will now have the chance to get a discount card through them. The prescription drug discount cards will help our poorer citizens save up to 20 percent on their next prescription drug purchase at their local pharmacy.

Escambia County purchased the cards through the National Association of Counties. Our county is one of 39 counties that are offering the discount cards.

This is great for poorer citizens that are having trouble with paying for prescription drugs, but the National Association of Counties doesn’t just hand these cards out to counties for free; they cost money.

Escambia County – how much did you pay for these cards?
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9 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 12, 2008 at 8:29 PM

    RxFreeCard.Com offers FREE Discount Drug Cards. FREE for people of all ages, including PETS!
    There are no yearly dues, no cost to anyone.
    Visit http://www.rxfreecard.com and print your FREE card today.

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  2. Chris OlsonApril 13, 2008 at 12:04 AM

    Is this site affiliated with the NACO?

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  3. AnonymousApril 13, 2008 at 4:38 PM

    Escambia County really did not pay anything for the cards. It's a benefit the county gets from the NACO.

    That other comment sounds suspect to me. Did you check out that site?

    -Jerry

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  4. Chris OlsonApril 13, 2008 at 5:21 PM

    Jerry

    I think the site is suspect. I'm fairly certain they're not associated with NACO or CVS/Caremark.

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  5. AnonymousJuly 2, 2008 at 9:02 AM

    Just read your April comments.

    RxFreeCard.Com is not connected with NACO. We have serviced over 3million lives. Check out our website, we are legitimate.

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  6. LilyJuly 8, 2008 at 12:51 PM

    I like the drug card at www.rxdrugcard.com. Costs me $4.50 a month but I save about $40 on each of my prescriptions. You can check your drugs' prices on the website.

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2008 at 4:04 PM

    All these TV ads are pushing new drugs when the old drugs or the generics are much, much less expensive. I’ve seen ads on TV for Caduet. It has two ingredients. One is Amlodipine and the other is Atorvastatin. With my RxDrugCard I can get 30 tablets of Amlodipine for $9 and 30 tablets of Simvastatin for $9. I’ll bet they are charging more than $18 for this new drug! The unthinking public is going to pressure their doctors into giving them something just because it’s new, when something old or generic would do the job for cheaper.

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2009 at 11:50 PM

    Nice post.

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2009 at 11:53 PM

    Nice and informative article.

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