Prescription Drug Assistance Programs

The following links offer information about, or assistance with, prescription drug assistance programs that, for a small processing fee, provide free or nearly free medications to low-income individuals and families. Please be sure to read all the requirements and qualifications. These links are provided as information only. Advocacy Unlimited, Inc. does not guarantee or endorse these organizations, and assumes no responsibility for the use or application of any posted information in these links.*

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• Patient Prescription Drug Assistance Programs - A directory of pharmaceutical companies that offer medication assistance programs to low-income individuals and families (from the NAMI website).
   
  
• Together Rx Access - Together Rx Access is a multi-company collaborative patient assistance program that provides discounts on prescription drugs for people without health insurance. Together Rx has widened its eligibility criteria so that 90 percent of uninsured Americans will qualify.
  
  As the number of uninsured Americans has risen in the past decade, so has the number of people living with HIV who do not have access to affordable treatment-including those who do not qualify for Medicaid or AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAP). For individuals in these situations, there are company-led patient assistance programs. But income limits for these programs resulted in many people falling through the cracks.
  
  The Together Rx Access program, which provides savings on prescription medications including, but not limited to antiretroviral treatments, has increased its income limits. Cooperating companies that make HIV medications include Abbott, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer and Tibotec. Now a single person making up to $45,000 per year qualifies for the program, up from $30,000 per year. For a family of two, the limit has increased from $40,000 to $60,000. For a family of three, the limit has increased from $50,000 to $75,000.
  
  People interested in applying for the program can call 1-800-966-0407 or visit TogetherRxAccess.
   
  
• Partnership for Prescription Assistance - The Partnership for Prescription Assistance brings together America's pharmaceutical companies, doctors, other health care providers, patient advocacy organizations and community groups to help qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage get the medicines they need through the public or private program that's right for them. Many will get them free or nearly free.
   
  
• The Medicine Program - The purpose of The Medicine Program is to assist patients who qualify to enroll in Patient Assistance Programs that provide prescription medicine for free or at a lower cost. Each medication form requested requires a $5.00 processing fee. You can call toll-free 1-866-694-3893 for assistance.
   
  
• Free Medicine Program - The goal of Free Medicine Program is to find the appropriate Patient Assistance Program(s) for you. Each medication form requested requires a $5.00 processing fee. You can call toll-free 1-800-921-0072 for assistance.
   
  
• SCBN - SelectCare Benefits Network (SCBN) is a Patient Advocate organization that specializes in helping uninsured, low income Americans access help with prescriptions on an ongoing basis from Patient Assistance Programs. Since 2002, they have helped over 15,000 Americans get over $100,000,000 of medicine directly from the pharmaceutical companies. Visit them online or call toll-free 1-888-331-1002
   
  
• Other Patient Assistance Programs - More programs from pharmaceutical companies providing prescription medications free of charge to physicians whose patients might not otherwise have access to necessary medicines.

From the Connecticut Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force:
Information to Help Reduce the Misuse and Abuse of Prescription Drugs (.pdf document, opens in a new browser window)