[tri-med] FYI - Affording Prescription Meds

>FYI - in light of the budget cuts and cuts in services to the un and
>underinsured, I thought I would pass this information on to you.  Although
>Florida is mentioned in the text, the program is national in scope.
>Haline
>
>The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) announced
>today the launch of  http://www.helpingpatients.org/.  This online resource
>is a database of Patient Assistance Programs (PAPs) providing medications
>for the millions of people who lack prescription drug coverage.  The
>database, created and funded by the pharmaceutical industry, provides
>patients with immediate access to information for more than 1,400
medicines.
>
>Designed to help low-income individuals who are uninsured or underinsured,
>PAPs provide access to medications for millions of people.  This includes
>seniors covered solely by Medicare, which lacks a prescription drug
benefit.
>PAPs provided prescription medicines to over five million Americans and
>230,00 people in Florida in 2002.  The estimated wholesale value of these
>medicines totals $1.5 billion.  To make it easier for Florida's consumers
or
>their physicians to find a PAP that offers the specific medications they
>need - http://www.helpingpatients.org/ enables patients to fill out an
>online form and receive a listing of programs for which they may be
>qualified.
>
>The PhRMA represents the country's leading research-based pharmaceutical
and
>biotechnology companies, which are devoted to inventing medicines that
allow
>patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives.  The
industry
>invested an estimated $32 billion in 2002 in discovering and developing new
>medicines.  PhRMA companies are leading the way in the search for new
cures.
>Consumers can download a free copy of the directory at
>http://www.helpingpatients.org/, or at PhRMA's website www.phrma.org.

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