aforaffort:

If you live in the United States and don’t have health insurance, you qualify for discounted prescription drugs

fattiesinlove:

repede:

cakemeister:

Today in Useful Fucking Things That No One Tells You About: the Prescription Assistance Program (PAP) offers a discount drug card to uninsured Americans. The card is accepted at over 56,000 pharmacies nationwide, including CVS, RiteAid, Walgreens, and Safeway, and offers a discount of up to 75%.

I was fired a few years ago and was afraid I would have to give up my antidepressants, but my dad told me about the drug card. With it, I paid $30 instead of $60. Still kinda pricey, but I was able to afford them until I found a new job (and since they were for my social anxiety, I have no doubt they helped during interviews).

Share this. I’m sure there are a ton of unemployed and uninsured people who don’t know about this.

So important, definitely spread this.

That one time I wasn’t on psych meds because I couldn’t afford them.

LIFE SAVING INFORMATION, PEOPLE

I work at a pharmacy benefits manager, and we deal with drug assistance and copay assistance programs. There are tons of them.

This is an excellent resource for finding manufacturer’s discounts that will help you cover copays (and often to pay for drugs when you don’t have insurance)

The Needymeds discount card (which goes by a lot of names) discounts any medication (although sometimes it won’t cut the cost by much).

If you’re having difficulties paying for your medications, ask your pharmacists, doctors, and insurance companies if they know of/have any copay assistance or discount cards. There are tons of ways to help cut your costs.