anyone know where i can get financial help with medication? have no insurance to help. daughter very sick!!! thanks, dragonfly from missouri
Posted by HEATHERKISS (Member # 6789) on :
Also look under treepatrols newbie help links.
Posted by mbroderick (Member # 5220) on :
This is a press release from a pharmaceutical company. It concerns prescription help for the uninsured but who knows - you may be eligible for it too - visit the website!!!
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (April 5, 2005) -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today announced its participation in the Partnership for Prescription Assistance, the largest-ever private-sector program to help patients who lack prescription coverage, joining a national coalition of pharmaceutical companies, health care providers, pharmacists, patient advocates and community leaders.
"Discovering, developing and making innovative medications that address areas of significant unmet need is critical to realizing our mission of extending and enhancing human life," said Peter R. Dolan, chairman and chief executive officer, Bristol-Myers Squibb.
****"We're also committed to broadening access to these therapies, including through our own Patient Assistance Foundation -- one of the oldest in the industry -- that last year provided more than $500 million in free medications to over one million people in the United States.
*****Through the Partnership for Prescription Assistance, we're pleased to be working with others in the industry to take our commitment to access to the next level, by making it much easier for patients to find and participate in the programs that are right for them."
The Partnership for Prescription Assistance offers a single point of access to more than 275 public and private patient assistance programs, including more than 150 programs offered by pharmaceutical companies. Bristol-Myers Squibb's own Patient Assistance Foundation can be accessed through the Partnership for Prescription Assistance.
To find out if they may qualify for one or more programs, patients can visit a user-friendly website (www.pparx.org) or call toll-free 1-888-4PPA-NOW (1-888-477-2669) to speak with a trained specialist who can provide application assistance in English, Spanish and approximately 150 other languages.
More than 50 national organizations including the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Physician Assistants, American College of Emergency Physicians, NAACP, National Alliance for Hispanic Health, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, National Medical Association, National Urban League, United Way of America, as well as a fast-growing list of state and local rganizations, are working with America's pharmaceutical companies to spread the word about the program.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company is a global pharmaceutical and related health care products company whose mission is to extend and enhance human life.
For more information, contact: Brian Henry, Corporate Communications, 609-252-3337, [email protected] Article Date: 04/05/2005