May 22, 2013
Help is on tour in eastern Kentucky for prescription drug costs.
To be more specific, the Help Express is touring the region to raise awareness about patient assistance programs.
The tour is sponsored by America's Pharmaceutical Research companies to inform low-income, uninsured or under-insured patients about how they can get medication for free or nearly-free.
More than 2,500 different prescriptions are covered through the program.
For more information you can call 1-888-4-PPA or you can log onto www.pparx.org
The tour continues this week at these locations:
Thursday:
Prestonsburg - Appalachian Research and Defense Fund at 9am
Pikeville Medical Center 1-3pm
Friday:
Morehead - St. Claire Family Care Clinic 9-11am
Stanton - Powell County Health Dept. 1:30-3pm
