Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Pharmaceutical companies launch prescription assistance program
[Kevin Freking, "New drug program to aid uninsured," Associated Press, The Lawrence Journal-World, 6 April 2005.]
For those lacking prescription coverage a new tool is available that may ease the burden of drug costs. According to the website, the program provides access to more than 275 public and private patient assistance programs:
Drug manufacturers, under fire from consumer advocacy groups for opposing legislation to reduce prescription costs, announced Tuesday they would spend about $30 million through June to develop and promote a program that would help poor Americans gain access to the medicines they need.
Throughout the country, hundreds of public and private programs already provide some assistance to consumers who can't afford their prescriptions. But finding out about the programs and accessing them can be a daunting bureaucratic task for doctors, let alone consumers.
The new program establishes a Web site and calling centers to match consumers with the program that best suits their needs. The drug manufacturers' partnership is spending $10 million to promote the campaign. It took out full-page advertisements Tuesday in several large newspapers and also will air television ads.
In addition, more than $20 million will have been spent developing the program and running three call centers through the end of June, the program's organizers said.
[Kevin Freking, "New drug program to aid uninsured," Associated Press, The Lawrence Journal-World, 6 April 2005.]
For those lacking prescription coverage a new tool is available that may ease the burden of drug costs. According to the website, the program provides access to more than 275 public and private patient assistance programs:
Drug manufacturers, under fire from consumer advocacy groups for opposing legislation to reduce prescription costs, announced Tuesday they would spend about $30 million through June to develop and promote a program that would help poor Americans gain access to the medicines they need.
Throughout the country, hundreds of public and private programs already provide some assistance to consumers who can't afford their prescriptions. But finding out about the programs and accessing them can be a daunting bureaucratic task for doctors, let alone consumers.
The new program establishes a Web site and calling centers to match consumers with the program that best suits their needs. The drug manufacturers' partnership is spending $10 million to promote the campaign. It took out full-page advertisements Tuesday in several large newspapers and also will air television ads.
In addition, more than $20 million will have been spent developing the program and running three call centers through the end of June, the program's organizers said.
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