Thursday's Internet Edition, December 04, 2008.
to be offered to county residents
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| SPRING FLING PLANT SALE - Marjorie Jordan and Joyce Spencer of the Bluebonnet Extension Club in Hamilton are pictured with a wide variety of plants that will be on sale at the Extension Club's Spring Fling. For more information, contact Jordan at 386-3529 or Spencer at 386-3552. |
The cards, which will be available April 7, may be used by all county residents, regardless of age, income or existing health coverage. One hundred percent of the county’s pharmacies will accept the prescription card and a national network of more than 57,000 participating retail pharmacies also will honor it.
“The prescription discount card will offer significant savings for the uninsured and underinsured residents of our county and even those fortunate enough to have prescription coverage may use the card to save money on drugs that are not covered by their health plan,” said Judge Randy Mills. “Residents do not have to be Medicare beneficiaries to be eligible for this program.”
There will be no cost to county taxpayers for the NACo and Hamilton County to make these money-saving cards available to residents. A future announcement will specify how and when residents may obtain the cards.
“Using the NACo prescription discount card is easy,” said Mills. “A cardholder will simply present it at a participating pharmacy. There is no enrollment form, no membership fee and no restrictions or limits on frequency of use. Cardholders and their family members may use the card any time their prescriptions are not covered by insurance.”
The discount card program is administered by Caremark Rx, Inc.