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RXForOhio (continued)

One of the various programs we are referring to is RxForOhio.   Most of the people who utilize our services may be able to receive immediate discounts on certain prescription drugs through this program. The Association has arranged for each of your Foodbanks to receive 3,000 pamphlets for distribution to your agencies. As people that they trust and seek help from, it is extremely important that our agencies have information readily available. Please distribute these pamphlets as quickly as possible so that we can get them into the agencies and ! into the hands of those that desperately need them.  

Displays are available to hold these pamphlets, to make them more visible but because the cost is so high I am not able to get them for each agency.  Please contact me with a number of your agencies that either serve the most people on a daily basis or are aimed primarily at senior citizens, so that we can have the displays in these key locations.  If for some reason you feel that you will be unable to mail the displays to these agencies, please forward their contact information and the Association will have them sent directly.  If you could please have this information to me by the end of the workday Fri, Dec. 10 it would be extremely helpful. Below is some key information about RxForOhio, the program these pamphlets describe.  Please take one extra moment to read it in case your agencies have any questions when they receive their pamphlets.

RxForOhio is a clearinghouse for patient assistance programs offered to eligible Ohioans.  This includes 140 sponsored by drug manufacturers, plus 185 government and other programs. The pharmaceutical industry has a long tradition of providing prescription medicines free of charge to patients who might not otherwise have access to necessary medicines. Generally, a patient assistance program provides prescription medicines to patients who do not have prescription drug coverage or who are underinsured through either private and/or government health plans.  Government, industry, and other groups have also formulated assistance plans based on a wide variety of eligibility requirements.

Now, there is one place people can go to determine if they qualify for these various programs. People can visit www.rxforohio.org, a Web site that simplifies the search for programs that provide prescription drug assistance.  Since not everyone has access to the Internet and a computer, people can also call a toll-free number, 1-877-RX-4-OHIO (1-877-794-6446), which also provides the same information. More than 1,400 medications and 300 patient assistance programs are included in this service.

RxForOhio is a service brought to you by a collaboration of concerned individuals and organizations joining America's pharmaceutical companies to improve health care access for the citizens of Ohio.

I’m sure that after reading about this program you can understand why it’s important that we participate in getting the word out and how it could benefit a large number of our clients.  If you have any other questions regarding this program, please feel free to contact me. 

Thank you for your time and your immediate attention to this matter!

Sincerely,