Prescription medication has become one of the largest ongoing expenditures
for patients in the United States. Many seniors have no prescription drug
benefits. Patients that do have benefits are seeing prescriptions become
more expensive and more restricted year after year. The sites below offer
assistance to patients and may be of help for patients.
Financial Assistance with Medications
There are a number of programs that have been established to help patients
get financial assistance with prescription medications. The amount of
assistance varies by program as do the financial requirements. The
following sites provide information.
The Medicare site (follow the link below) now has an interactive tool that
will help patients decide how to get the best discount/deal on medications.
Many patients will not qualify for assistance from drug companies for
medication. One alternative more patient are turning to are medications from
Canada.
The physician cannot endorse one site over another and cannot
recommend whether or not an individual uses an online pharmacy. The
following sites are provided for information purposes only.
