Today’s link of the day is to The Partnership for Prescription Assistance. The Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) is a group sponsored by America’s pharmaceutical research companies which helps uninsured and financially struggling patients who lack prescription drug health insurance coverage get access to prescription drug patient assistance programs that offer prescription drugs for free or nearly free.
Patient assistance programs are programs that have been established by pharmaceutical companies to offer free or very low-cost drugs to patients who would otherwise be unable to afford them. Many of the best-known and most prescribed drugs are available through these programs. All of the major pharmaceutical companies offer some kind of patient assistance program including Abbott, and Johnson & Johnson, Novartis and Takeda, although the rules and eligibility requirements vary from company to company. Patient assistance programs are also known as pharmaceutical assistance programs, indigent drug programs, medication assistance programs, and charitable drug programs.
Instead of making patients search through dozens of pharmaceutical company websites trying to find the patient assistance program that they need, the PPA helps simplify the process by giving patients access to information on 475 public and private patient assistance programs, including nearly 200 programs offered by pharmaceutical companies. PPA member programs offer more than 2,500 brand-name medicines, including a wide range of generic prescription drugs. In addition, more than 40 of the patient assistance programs focus on the medication and healthcare needs of children.
The PPA program is free and confidential. Once you provide the PPA website with some basic information related to your prescription drugs, income, and current prescription drug health insurance coverage, PPARx.org website will be able to tell you what patient assistance programs you may be eligible for.
For more on the Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA), visit their website at PPARx.org.
For more on patient assistance programs, finding affordable prescription drugs, and how to save on your prescription drugs, visit MyHealthCafe.com:
Basic Tips for Saving On Your Prescription Drugs
Finding the Most Affordable Prescription Drugs Where You Are
Patient Assistance Programs and How They Can Help You
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