Monday, April 14, 2008

Who’s Eligible for Prescription Drug Discount Card?

There has been some confusion as to who's eligible to receive the prescription drug discount card that's now being offered by Escambia County. I did a little digging to find out who's eligible to receive it.

I talked to the Escambia County’s Department of Community Services and they said all county residents “with or without insurance” are eligible to receive the prescription drug discount cards, but the catch is: The discount card will only cover medications that aren’t covered by your insurance company.

If you don’t have insurance, the pharmacies that accept the cards will run your name through a computer to make sure you don’t have insurance. After your pharmacy verifies that you don’t have insurance, you’ll then be eligible to receive a discount on all of your prescription medications.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You can use it on pet perscriptions too.

Chris Olson said...

"You can use it on pet perscriptions too."

I also heard that. I didn't know pharmacies carried pet medicine.