Following Medicare's approval of its prescription drug discount card, the Pharmacy Care Alliance today announced that its growing network of pharmacies includes more than 31,000 chain and 10,000 independent representing more than 41,000 local pharmacies across the U.S.
Pharmacy Care Alliance network pharmacies will help support the Medicare- approved Pharmacy Care Alliance drug discount card by accepting the card at all of their pharmacies, and helping Medicare beneficiaries understand the new benefit and how it can help them save money on their prescription drug costs.
Medicare beneficiaries can begin applying for the discount card in May, and the program will begin in June. The Pharmacy Care Alliance estimates that the Medicare beneficiaries will be able to save as much as 20 percent on brand name and 40 percent on generic prescription drugs through the program.
Medicare-approved drug discount cards are designed to help beneficiaries with prescription drug costs until the new federal prescription drug coverage -- Medicare Part D -- takes effect in January 2006. The members of the Pharmacy Care Alliance network of pharmacies include retail and grocery chains, deep discount, mass merchants and independent pharmacies. All retail pharmacies are invited into the program and new pharmacies continue to join: