Patients Seek Financial Aid to Buy Medications

I keep a constant listing here with links to the $4.00 prescriptions as well as a link to Needy Meds. Anyone can take advantage of the $4.00 prescriptions and with Needy Meds there are guidelines to meet as far as income.

The $4.00 Kroger generic link is one of the heaviest hit posts on this blog. There are other additional resources for readers as well as physicians listed.

As the slowing economy swells the ranks of the unemployed -- and uninsured -- more people are getting help from prescription-drug assistance programs normally aimed at providing medications to the poorest Americans. Drug-assistance programs, long sponsored by pharmaceutical manufacturers, provide consumers with billions of dollars a year in free or low-cost drugs. To qualify, patients must meet strict financial requirements. But as the economy weakens, a growing number of people are getting approved for programs to help them pay for high-price drugs. For example, a year's dose of Advair, a popular asthma drug, can

cost around $2,500 a year, while Plavix, a blood thinner, can run more than $1,800 a year.

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