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natives. Many healthcare providers will customers to be forced to make a application process. It also places an
assist their patients by giving free sam- choice between paying for life saving unfair burden on the doctors that are
ples of the prescription medicine. While prescription medicine or for paying for already overburdened with paper-
samples are not a permanent solution rent or groceries. As a result, patient work. Fortunately there are companies
they can help in time of need. Ask your assistance programs came into being as that will perform the task for people
healthcare provider. part of the company’s philanthropic for a fee. These prescription assistance
One of the best ways to get low cost efforts. Until relatively recently, very companies will generally coordinate
or free prescription medicine is to talk few patients knew about the existence the process from beginning to end. Of
to the manufacturer. Contact the com- of these programs or could follow the course the prescription assistance is
pany and ask about their Prescription complicated application process that free and if people are capable of doing
Assistance Program. Almost all drug was necessary for participation. In it themselves they should, but for those
companies offer these programs, which many cases several applications had to people that just do not have the ability
enable patients to receive prescription be filed with several different drug to do it themselves, the hiring of a com-
drugs they need at a price they can manufacturers in order to gain access pany to do the job is a better option
afford. You and your physician will to a prescription advocacy program. than not taking the prescriptions they
need to complete an application. The manufacturers seem to believe need.
Patient Assistance Programs run by that providing information on their Kirby Horton is Founder, President
manufacturers have been in existence websites and toll-free numbers is and CEO of Rx HELP , a Prescription
for over 17 years. These programs are essentially all that people need to Assistance Company. He has over 30
designed to assist eligible patients who access PAPs. They just don’t under- years experience helping Americans
can’t afford their prescription drugs stand the inability of many patients, with their healthcare needs. He can be
due to limited income or other finan- particularly those on multiple pre- reached at 866-960-9497. PWM
cial hardships. Pharmaceutical com- scriptions from 2 or more physicians to
panies did not want their low income follow through with the confusing Source: articlesbase.com
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