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The 'Prescription Discount Card Program' Can Help Save Your Family Money on Prescription Medications
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(OPEN):
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES' "PRESCRIPTION
DISCOUNT CARD PROGRAM" HAS ALREADY HELPED AMERICANS SAVE OVER 500-MILLION
DOLLARS, ON THEIR PRESCRIPTION-MEDICATIONS. SOMEONE WHO KNOWS,
FIRST-HAND, JUST HOW IMPORTANT THOSE SAVINGS CAN BE IS TAMMY HARRIS--OF
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA'S "PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT"...
(HARRIS):
"SEVERAL
MONTHS AGO, I OVERHEARD A WOMAN WHO COULDN'T AFFORD A PRESCRIPTION THAT
WASN'T COVERED BY HER INSURANCE. SO, I GAVE HER MY 'BREVARD COUNTY
CARD'--WHICH IS HOW OUR COUNTY PARTICIPATES IN THE 'PRESCRIPTION
DISCOUNT CARD PROGRAM'. WITH THAT ONE PURCHASE, THE CARD HELPED
HER SAVE 50 DOLLARS. EVEN THOUGH NOT EVERY PURCHASE WITH THE CARD
WILL SAVE YOU THAT MUCH, THE SAVINGS DO ADD UP--WITH 24-PERCENT BEING
THE AVERAGE SAVINGS, PER TRANSACTION. BREVARD IS JUST ONE OF OVER
14-HUNDRED COUNTIES THAT CURRENTLY PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. IF
YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE A CARD, YOU CAN GET ONE VERY EASILY--AND YOU CAN
START USING IT RIGHT AWAY, AT A NETWORK OF OVER 65-THOUSAND PHARMACIES,
NATIONWIDE. IT'S ALSO COMPLETELY FREE FOR BOTH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
TO USE."
(CLOSE):
TO FIND OUT IF YOUR COUNTY PARTICIPATES IN THE PROGRAM--AND TO PRINT OUT
YOUR OWN CARD--VISIT
"NACO-R-X"-DOT-ORG; THAT'S "N-A-C-O-R-X"-DOT-ORG.
