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 |
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| * – 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:

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