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I was standing in line at the pharmacy the other day, and the woman in front of me was clearly flustered. The GoodRx card she had tried to use for one of her prescriptions didn\u2019t cover the medication, and it seems she didn\u2019t have enough to pay out-of-pocket for the full price. She left the line empty-handed and looking upset. I left the line, too\u2014to chase her down and hand her a SingleCare <\/span>prescription savings card<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

I know firsthand how the FamilyWize (now known as SingleCare) can put medications back within reach for people who don\u2019t have or can\u2019t afford prescription coverage to keep their medication costs reasonable. I\u2019m one of the many, many people in that gap: I\u2019m not quite on Medicare, but I had to let my prescription medical coverage lapse in April because I needed to save on that expense each month. Now, with SingleCare, I pay less for my handful of no-big-deal <\/span>blood pressure medications<\/span><\/a> than I did when I had to cover the cost of insurance premiums and pharmacy copays. I had to get a shingles vaccination recently; without insurance, a single injection would have cost me about $200. With the free SingleCare card, I paid $50 total.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here in Central Kansas, we\u2019re seeing more people embrace the program, especially because we live in a really rural farming community, with limited healthcare resources. Back in the old days, if you were working, you could afford to have your work insurance cover you, and your spouse, and your kids. Now, that\u2019s not always the case. Instead of being on the map for oil and gas, this area is now more farming jobs. And they\u2019re not big employers who can offer a lot of subsidized benefits. I hear all the time about people paying the Affordable Care Act fine rather than pay for insurance\u2014they just can\u2019t afford to get covered. Sadly, I don\u2019t think our story in central Kansas is all that unique. It\u2019s one that\u2019s playing out all across the heartland and other parts of rural America.<\/span><\/p>\n

To get the word out that SingleCare can help our community fill that financial gap and get the medications they need, we partner with hospitals, juvenile services, women\u2019s centers, and schools. Once a quarter, I do a presentation at the correctional facility in Pawnee County, which has a nine-month release program called Going Home that helps reintegrate women back into the community. I tell them about the toll-free number that can connect them to the community resource center in their area, but I almost always get the most response about SingleCare. Their ears perk up when I tell them how easy the discount program is to use, and I share my own story of using the card. Most of these women have family and kids, and they\u2019re all worried about how they\u2019re going to pay their bills. And I don\u2019t just pass out individual cards\u2014I give each person two or three <\/span>prescription savings cards<\/span><\/a>, so they can use them and share them with family and friends. You can really feel the relief these women feel, that this program is out there.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was standing in line at the pharmacy the other day, and the woman in front of me was clearly flustered. The GoodRx card she had tried to use for one of her prescriptions didn\u2019t cover the medication, and it seems she didn\u2019t have enough to pay out-of-pocket for the full price. She left the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":21396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8318],"tags":[4350],"coauthors":[20641],"class_list":["post-21635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-prescription-savings","wpautop"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPrescription savings cards: Keep medication costs under control<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Keep medication costs under control with a SingleCare prescription savings card. 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