Filed under: Utilities, Mobile
In a down economy, with health care reform passed but not yet in effect, a lot of Americans need prescription assistance and cheap or free medical help. The Partnership for Prescription Assistance has released a mobile app for iPhone and Blackberry that makes help easier to find. It lets you see which medicines PPA might be able to help you pay for, as well as pointing you to the closest of 10,000 free health care clinics. Sure, you could just Google the clinics, but sometimes it's hard to tell whether the clinic results on Google Maps are free. Google also doesn't offer prescription discounts to people without any drug coverage. (Well, not yet anyway. After Google's experiments with genetics, who knows what's next?) The app also helps you figure out whether you qualify for assistance. So, if you've been thinking of selling your iPhone to pay for prescriptions, try downloading the PPA app instead.
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Here'a another app to save money on prescriptions. NeedyMeds, a national nonprofit, has a free drug discount card. With it you can save up to 80% off the cost of prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs and medical supplies if written as a prescription, and pet prescription drugs purchased at a pharmacy.
ReplyDeleteYou can download a free version from iTunes - Just look for the NeedyMeds. Anyone can use the card. There is no registration process or fee, and the card never expires.
Learn more at www.needymeds.org.
Rich Sagall, MD
President
NeedyMeds, Inc.
P.O. Box 219
Gloucester, MA 01931
richsagall@needymeds.org