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“The NACo Prescription Discount Card has saved Brazos County residents over $800,000 in less than two years. These dollars are going directly into residents’ pockets …”—Marc Hamlin, District Clerk, Brazos County, TX“[Rock County Health Educator Laurie] McMillan said the number of users is growing. In July, there were 68 users. By January, that number grew to 458. “It’s neat how it’s taken off. It started in July 2007 with 101 prescriptions. In January of 2008, there were 909 prescriptions,” McMillan said. McMillan said her father started using the card and saved $35 a month.“Prescription drug card saved residents $50,000”—Beloit Daily News, Beloit WI“What does NACo Prescription Discount Card program mean in Brookings County, SD? Let me tell you. An elderly man was approaching me and I could see he was crying. With tears running down his face he took my hands into his trembling hands and in a very soft voice thanked me for the help and the fact he and his wife had a little extra money to buy food with. Need anyone say more about what this program means in their County?”—Dan Larson, Commissioner, Brookings County, SD“We’ve had over 50,000 residents participate in the NACo Prescription Discount Card Program. That’s a savings of OVER a half a million dollars. In these economic times, for people to be able to save that much money off of this one card that’s FREE… It’s just incredible… People go to their pharmacy and check it out and they come back and they’re amazed that this program is working well and helps them supplement their income. It also makes our elected officials look good as we are administrating this program and we’re helping the citizens of out county benefit.—Robert Tucker, Public Information Officer, Johnson County, KS“Everyone qualifies, and it’s free. The discounts even apply to veterinary prescriptions for pets. And there isn’t even a cost to the county, which will participate in the program through the National Association of Counties. It sounds too good to be true. But while there is a bit of fine print – the program only covers drugs not already covered by insurance… – it appears the discounts are on the up and up. Local officials…said they received glowing reports from other participating counties. Still, being naturally suspicious in this business, we looked into the program in a bit more detail and we still can’t find a catch.—The Evening Sun, Hanover, PA“’My sister Deborah worked, she’s worked all of her life. Unfortunately about two years ago she was diagnosed with stomach cancer,’ said Evelyn Webster of Bryan. Deborah lost her health insurance when she wasn’t able to work during radiation and chemotherapy treatments … ‘So therein lies the problem; no insurance, no medication, no money to buy the medication. So with the prescription card it enabled us as a family to buy her medications and it helped her to get the treatments needed to recover, she’s now in remission.’ Webster works in the district clerk’s office and says one of the best things to ever happen in Brazos County is the free prescription discount card.”—KBTX; CBS affiliate, Brazos County, TX“The cards are part of a real simple program,” said Linda Sappington, director of the Volunteer Center in Washington County, Utah. “All you need to do is take it out of your wallet and present it to the pharmacist when picking up your prescriptions. We’re really anxious to get them out into the hands of people who really need them.”—Dixie Sun, Dixie State College of Utah“… I became involved in community services because I wanted to make a difference. As a former Medical Technologist specializing in immunohematology and clinical microbiology, although I saved lives, I very rarely made contact with the people behind the names. This overall program, spanning over 1,000 counties, saving millions of dollars on millions of prescriptions has affected many lives positively in the past few years…”—Nancy Egan, Program Development Specialist/Health Department, Cumberland County, NJ“Out in public I am stopped by residents who want to share their experiences with using the prescription discount card. The stories shared are about the savings during these economic times when people are losing their jobs and benefits, the card is helping tremendously. The county is praised for introducing the program. The stories and feelings shared by residents, you just can’t put a dollar amount to, it also makes you feel good because you are helping people.”—Allan Angel, Commissioner, Kent County, DE“We distributed [the cards] to the whole school, but I also have some on hand… because some people, when we distributed them, didn’t think they would need it. But, I’ve had several families who have used the card who have really decreased the cost of their prescription drugs, especially on inhalers and medications for asthma. Some of those medications are very costly, and I’ve had a family that was able to use the cards and decrease the costs of the medications for their kid.”—Karen Schwind, Nurse/Carl Schurz Elementary School, Comal County, TX ................
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