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Insist on the NEW McLennan County Drug Card

by BetterRxCard 11. May 2010 00:30

If you live in the Waco, TX area (McLennan County), you may have had the opportunity to use the newest discount drug card at one of the 32 pharmacies that support it in the county. Through the end of April McLennan/BetterRxCard was averaging over 40% savings per use and $46.60 saved per user.

 

The co-pay cost reduction feature, EquivaMeds, identified an additional total savings of $24,395 for users in the first 10 days since the rollout. Not bad!

 

If you haven’t tried one yet, ask your pharmacist or see if there is a card pickup location near you. There are 27 locations right now in addition to 32 pharmacies.

 

In some pharmacies you have to ask specifically for a card while in others they may give you their free card or try to sell you one of their programs.

 

Some of those free cards didn’t seem to save as much at the pharmacy.  Here are some examples from a local pharmacy chain in Waco that provides its own free card:

 

Example

Their Card

McLennan/BetterRxCard

HYDROCO/APAP TAB 5-500MG (20) units / quantity

$ 11.28

$ 10.63

NAPROXEN SOD TAB 550MG (30) units / quantity

$ 14.92

$ 13.15

ALPRAZOLAM TAB 0.5MG (60) units / quantity

$ 15.99

$ 8.28

CARISOPRODOL TAB 350MG (60) units / quantity

$ 26.33

$ 10.60

FLUTICASONE SPR 50MCG (16) units / quantity

$ 28.99

$ 17.21

AZITHROMYCIN TAB 250MG (6) units / quantity

$ 31.09

$ 18.07

PROAIR HFA AER (8.5) units / quantity

$ 39.99

$ 44.54

ZOLPIDEM TAB 10MG (30) units / quantity

$ 43.97

$ 9.70

GABAPENTIN CAP 300MG (90) units / quantity

$ 76.97

$ 22.42

TRAMADOL HCL TAB 50MG  (20) units / quantity

$ 5.00*

$ 6.09

KLOR-CON M20 TAB 20MEQ ER (60) units / quantity

$25.87

$ 17.83

* – Estimate-only provided

 

The prices were taken from their web site and, as you can see, are not always cheaper and many times more expensive.

 

The McLennan County Drug Card program isn’t always the cheapest either and sometimes (though rarely) it can’t provide a savings.

 

So when you ask for it by name (McLennan County Drug Card by BetterRxCard) make sure you get a card that looks like this:

 

McLennan-County-card

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About ... Genuity Group

For years, Genuity Group has been engaged in finding new ways to save money on prescription drugs by blending technology with patients needs and doctor and pharmacist requirements. Along the way we learnd a lot! We used that knowledge to  created new, innovative ways to help consumers and employers save money on prescription drugs.

 

In 2006, we created a new technology that would save millions of dollars off the cost of brand name drugs for self-insured employers and consumers. That technology, called EquivaMeds, is a patent-pending tool that has averaged more than $700 per year in savings for consumers nationwide – nearly four times more savings than is possible with a traditional discount drug card.

 

In 2009, we introduced BetterRxCard, a discount drug card program that not only provided the best discounts available for consumers when insurance wasn't an option, but it also provides a way to save on expensive brand name drugs.



Now I we're sharing some of what I've learned here.  Sure, we'll talk about projects we're working on, like the BetterRxCard and EquivaMeds.  But there are other ways out there to save and many other things to consider when you are in a position that you need to find the facts and make a decision.  I hope we provide some of the information to help you, one of the  58% of Americans that have some form of monthly prescription drug cost, save money.

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