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Statements Concerning the NACo 'Prescription Discount Card Program'
The National Association of Counties (NACo) is in partnership with CVS Caremark to provide a prescription-discount card for NACo member counties to offer to their residents who are uninsured or underinsured. The NACo Prescription Discount Card Program provides savings by passing along the CVS Caremark-negotiated discount rates to individuals with little or no prescription-benefit coverage.
The prescription-discount-card program can save residents an average of 24 percent off of the full retail cost of prescription medications that are not covered under a traditional insurance plan, as well as some diabetic supplies. There is no cost to NACo member counties, or their residents, to participate in the program. The NACo Prescription Discount Card Program offers real value, easy access, a large national pharmacy network of more than 60,000 pharmacies, and excellent customer support.
Counties benefit from the program by being able to offer their county-residents a no-cost alternative to paying full price for prescriptions. Counties may also feature their county logo or seal on the front of the card.
Residents benefit from the program by saving an average of 24 percent off of their prescriptions. There is no cost for a resident--as well as no forms to fill out, no age or income requirements, and no medical-condition restrictions.
The NACo Prescription Discount Card Program is not insurance.
For more information--including lists of participating counties and pharmacies--click here.
We are offering soundbites concerning how various NACo-member counties--and their residents--are benefitting from the Prescription Discount Card Program. The statements are only available in either mp3PRO format (for newer bites, from 2011) or 96 kbps basic MP3 (for older bites, from 2010).
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Grand Traverse
County, Mich., Commissioner Rob Hentschel (three
bites; 1:12 total)
Lake County,
Ill., Board Member Mary Ross Cunningham (two
bites; :54 total)
Linn County,
Iowa, Supervisor Lu Barron (three
bites; :52 total)
Linn County,
Iowa, Supervisor Linda Langston (two bites; 1:11 total)
Athens County,
Ohio, Commissioner Lenny Eliason (three bites;
:56 total)
Boone
County, Mo., Commissioner Karen Miller (three bites; 1:05
total)
Tarrant
County, Texas, Judge Glen Whitley (two bites; :41
total)
Blue Earth
County, Minn., Commissioner Drew Campbell (three bites; :40 total)
Gastonia County,
N.C., Commission Chair Donnie Loftis (three bites; :52 total)
Douglas County,
Nebr., Commissioner Chris Rodgers (two bites; :37 total)
Yellowstone
County,
Mont., Commissioner Bill Kennedy (two bites; :40 total)
DeKalb
County,
Ga., Commissioner Larry Johnson (four bites;
1:44 total)
Palm Beach
County,
Fla., Legislative Affairs Director Todd Bonlarron (two bites;
1:12 total)
Hamilton
County,
Tenn., External Communications Manager Mike Dunne (four bites;
1:35 total)
Berks
County,
Penna., Commissioner Christian Leinbach (five bites;
2:14 total)
Riverside
County,
Calif., Senior Human Resources Analyst Diane Rundles (four bites;
1:40 total)
Cumberland
County,
Maine, Commissioner Malory Shaughnessy (three bites;
:51 total)
Baltimore
(City), Md., Councilwoman Helen Holton (three
bites; 1:06 total)
Miller
County, Ark., Quorum Court Justice of the Peace Haze Hudson (two bites; :40 total)
Brookings
County, S.Dak., Commission Chairperson Don Larson (1:02)
Kent County,
Del., Levy Court Vice President Allan Angel (two bites; :44 total)
Brazos County,
Texas, District Clerk Marc Hamlin (three bites; 1:09 total)
Sonoma
County, Calif., Supervisor Shirlee Zane (two bites; 1:21 total)
DuPage County,
Ill., Board Member Jim Healy (three bites; 1:41 total)
Marion County,
Miss., Supervisor Calvin Newsom (four bites; 1:20 total)
El Paso County,
Colo., Commissioner Sallie Clark (three bites; 1:31
total)
