Beaufort County enters universal health care business, offers discount card for prescription drugs
Beaufort County enters universal health care business, offers discount card for prescription drugs
Beaufort County has entered the universal health care business by making a prescription drug discount card available under a program sponsored by the National Association of Counties (NACo). The program offers average savings of 22 percent off the retail price of commonly prescribed drugs, a county press release stated Monday.
The cards may be used by all county residents, regardless of age, income, or existing health coverage, and are accepted at most county pharmacies, the statement said. A national network of more than 59,000 participating retail pharmacies also will honor the NACo prescription discount card.
“Beaufort County is proud to be one of the counties nationwide participating with NACo.” said County Administrator Gary Kubic.
“The NACo prescription discount card offers significant savings for the uninsured and underinsured residents of our county and even those fortunate to have prescription coverage can use the card to save money on drugs that are not covered by their health plan. Residents do not have to be Medicare beneficiaries to be eligible for this program.”
There is no cost to county taxpayers for NACo and Beaufort County to make these money saving cards available to our residents, according to the press release. Cards will be available at county offices, libraries, pharmacies and doctor’s offices.
“Using the NACo prescription discount card is easy,” Kubic said. “Simply present it at a participating pharmacy. There is no enrollment form, no membership fee and no restrictions or limits on frequency of use. Cardholders and their family members may use the card any time their prescriptions are not covered by insurance.”
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