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Uninsured and/or underinsured county residents will have the opportunity to take advantage of a free prescription medication discount card after Yellow Medicine County commissioners voted to approve the National Association of Counties (NACo) discount card program within the county during a board meeting held Tuesday.
The cards will be available at locations such as the YMC Family Services offices and in pharmacies who have signed on to participate in the program. Currently, Canby Drug is the only participating pharmacy in YMC. Wal-Mart and Clara City Drug take part in Chippewa County. In Chippewa commissioners have already discount card service and it is being utilized by 60 to 70 individuals, according to YMC Administrator Ryan Krosch.
Information distributed by Krosch stated that discount cards are provided free to residents living in participating NACo member counties across the country. By showing the card at participating pharmacies the program consumers are often able to receive a reduced rate on their prescription medication any time their prescriptions are not covered by insurance. The savings average 22 percent.
NACo says it is able to offer the program, which is administered through CVS Caremark, free of charge because CVS negotiates the discount with pharmacies in return for a small percentage of the revenue derived from medication sales
Uninsured and/or underinsured county residents will have the opportunity to take advantage of a free prescription medication discount card after Yellow Medicine County commissioners voted to approve the National Association of Counties (NACo) discount card program within the county during a board meeting held Tuesday.
The cards will be available at locations such as the YMC Family Services offices and in pharmacies who have signed on to participate in the program. Currently, Canby Drug is the only participating pharmacy in YMC. Wal-Mart and Clara City Drug take part in Chippewa County. In Chippewa commissioners have already discount card service and it is being utilized by 60 to 70 individuals, according to YMC Administrator Ryan Krosch.
Information distributed by Krosch stated that discount cards are provided free to residents living in participating NACo member counties across the country. By showing the card at participating pharmacies the program consumers are often able to receive a reduced rate on their prescription medication any time their prescriptions are not covered by insurance. The savings average 22 percent.
NACo says it is able to offer the program, which is administered through CVS Caremark, free of charge because CVS negotiates the discount with pharmacies in return for a small percentage of the revenue derived from medication sales
