The Pharmacy Care Alliance (PCA) today announced that AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc., Eli Lilly and Company, Merck and Novartis will make many prescription drugs available to qualifying PCA Medicare discount cardholders free of charges from the manufacturer plus a nominal amount to cover dispensing, processing and other costs.
A PCA cardholder whose income is 135 percent or less of the federal poverty level and who qualifies for the federal government's $600 annual prescription drug purchase credit will receive the additional savings after he or she has fully depleted their $600 credit. The nominal amount paid by qualified PCA Medicare prescription discount card enrollees to cover dispensing, processing and other costs will be in the range of $10 to $12 for each prescription depending on the manufacturer, drug and pharmacy. In some cases, the payment could be as low as $5.