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Program Aims to Help Seniors with Drug Costs
News-Leader
February 19, 2008
Missouri Attorney Gen. Jay Nixon
is expected to be in Springfield today to announce a grant program to help
seniors obtain free or reduced-cost prescriptions.
Nixon plans to talk about the program at 11 a.m. at the South Side Senior
Center, 2215 S. Fremont Ave., according to a news release from his office.
Nixon's office will provide $630,000 in technology grants to help local health
organizations coordinate people's applications for free and low-cost
prescriptions through drug programs offered by pharmaceutical manufacturers, the
news release said.
Nixon, who is running unopposed as Democratic candidate for governor, will be
joined by representatives of area agencies that help seniors and provide health
services.
Hundreds of thousands of Missourians, many of them seniors, have difficulty
paying for prescription drugs, the news release said. The program Nixon is
announcing will help coordinate their needs with nearly 200 programs from
pharmaceutical companies that offer free or reduced-cost drugs.
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