American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund Needs Your Help

Main Category: Aid / Disasters
Article Date: 10 Sep 2008 - 14:00 PDT

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PatientAssistance.com and YourRxCard.com is proud to be helping the American Red Cross by adding the American Red Cross disaster fund link banners on all of the companies prescription assistance websites. YourRxCard.com has also contacted many Insurance companies, PHRMA foundations, Oil company foundations and other related entities asking that they help the disaster relief fund efforts by adding donation links also. We hope some of these entities will also help fund the disaster relief efforts with available excess funds as Hurricane IKE bears down on the US.

You may make your individual or corporate contribution directly to the American Red Cross.

100% of your contribution will go to Disaster relief efforts.

YourRxCard.com and PatientAssistance.com have recognized these issues and have prepared the following forms of assistance:

Prescription Discount Cards

Saving their members over $16 million since the start of 2008 is just one of the reasons why YourRxCard.com is a leading provider of prescription discount cards. While the prescription discount cards provided by YourRxCard.com are always available online, through your mobile device, and can even be sent directly to you at absolutely no cost whatsoever; the hurricane will displace many from their homes, leaving them without the ability to access the internet or easily receive their mail.

While YourRxCard.com is placing a priority on shipping their cards out to those located in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Texas, they have also set aside 1,000,000 cards for relief and other aid based groups located in those areas to distribute.

These cards can be used at over 56,000 pharmacies nationwide including Walgreens, CVS, Target, Walmart, Rite-Aid, Sav-On, Kmart and Sams.

Government Benefits Programs

A comprehensive list of all Government Benefits Programs had been made available as one of the many services provided by PatientAssistance.com. The effects of the upcoming storm will leave many with significant damages to their homes, vehicles, places of work, and possessions. While many in these areas do have insurance, their financial burden will still greatly increase as a result of this event.

Each state offers several Government Benefits Programs to those in need of financial assistance to benefit the health of the individual and their family. This database is always available free of charge through PatientAssistance.com, however, the appropriate information has been organized by each of the five states affected and is available for download and distribution. The benefit that a relief organization can bring to those they are aiding by providing this information is exponential, as many will find themselves eligible for at least one state based program.

With the rising cost of healthcare and prescription medications, those without the knowledge of such services are more likely to not seek medical attention or cut/skip their prescriptions in an attempt to save money. Both YourRxCard.com and PatientAssistance.com have made these additional services available to all organizations currently assisting the areas affected by the flood.

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