Save 75% On Drugs
You can cut your prescription cost by 3/4 by signing up for Free Drug Card.
Simply type your first and last name into the online form, and it creates a printable card usable at many major chains and independent pharmacies. There's a field for email address but you can type NONE if you don't want email updates.
Go here to see which drugs, and how much, you can save on.
At the bottom of the printable page are computer codes and instructions for using the card with various pharmacies.
We thought this was too good to be true but we checked around and it seems legit, despite how janky the page looks. The card is sponsored by the non-profit United Networks of America and has been covered in USAToday, Self, and other reputable publications. Can't see a catch yet, but let us know if you see one. — BEN POPKEN
Free Drug Card [Official Site] (Thanks to Jason!)
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Sorry, what I meant was: Is there a simple way to find out which drugs this card covers, and how much of a discount you'd get for different drugs? (According to the website, it's "up to 75 percent" off, which could be anything.)
The point would be to compare the price you'd pay using this card at a chain pharmacy to, say, filling the prescription at a discounter like Costco.
TedSez-
They have a link on the right side of the page with pricing...
http://www.healthtrans.com/unaDrugPricing/index.jsp
--I knew what you meant! :)--
Sorry if this double posts - netscape crashed on me after I clicked submit. (?)
Here's a link, Ted:
http://www.healthtrans.com/unaDrugPricing/index.jsp
The link is on the right hand side of the free drug card page :)
According to Pharmacy Times:
Freedrugcard.us is used for individuals who have no benefits, and it also can be used as a supplement for patients who need to a fill a script for nonformulary drugs.
Link: http://www.pharmacytimes.com/Article.cfm?Menu=1&ID=4031
dwarf-
I don't think so! I believe non-formulary drugs are medications your insurance company doesn't cover and that you have to pay for outright. In that case, the discount wouldn't be applied to the cost of the drug minus what your insurance company pays, just the cost of the drug (since the insurance company DOESN'T pay).
I'm not a pharmacist, though, so who knows!
For example, I take Propecia to keep the hair on top of my head. My normal insurance doesn't cover this. So I normally pay about $50 for a month's supply. According to the pricing in that link from above, they're saying with this card, I will pay about $7 or $8... Can this be right? That's just frickin crazy!









Do they list their prices anywhere?