Online Service Helps Seniors Find Drug Discounts

January 22, 2003

While Congress wrangles about a Medicare prescription benefit, the National Council on the Aging has announced a new service that helps seniors find discount programs on major pharmaceutical products. BenefitsCheckUpRx is a free confidential screening tool that provides seniors with a comprehensive and personalized listing of their eligibility for over 240 prescription drug savings programs covering nearly 800 medications. The service is fast, free and confidential.

BenefitsCheckUpRx is a major expansion to NCOA's BenefitsCheckUp, a Web site that that has provided more than 820,000 eligibility reports for federal and state benefit programs to older Americans.

By visiting www.BenefitsCheckUp.org , older Americans, their families and caregivers can determine what prescription savings programs a senior qualifies for and how to claim them. Once users complete a brief questionnaire, the service displays a personalized report specifying all the programs they are eligible for and detailed instructions on how to enroll.

The development of BenefitsCheckUpRx has been supported by Lucent Technologies/Avaya/Agere Family Care Development Fund, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and FJC-A Foundation of Donor-Advised Funds.