Financial Help
for
Senior Americans

The National Council on the Aging (NCOA) has launched a comprehensive, Web-based service to connect older adults with over 240 public and private prescription savings programs covering nearly 800 prescription drugs. BenefitsCheckUpRx is a free, confidential screening tool that is a major expansion to the NCOA's BenefitsCheckUp(R) Web site. 

The web site has provided seniors with more than 820,000 eligibility reports for federal and state benefits programs. By visiting http://www.BenefitsCheckUp.org , older Americans, their families and caregivers can now quickly 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 -- along with detailed instructions on how to enroll. 

"We know that millions of seniors can't afford all the medications they need and far too many are skipping doses or not filling prescriptions," said James Firman, president and CEO of NCOA.

 "BenefitsCheckUpRx is the first and only Web-based program allowing seniors to find out which of the over 240 programs can help them save money on their prescriptions." BenefitsCheckUpRx provides comprehensive information on approximately 30 state-funded pharmacy programs, each state's Medicaid program, and 116 company-sponsored patient assistance programs, among others.

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

Launched in June 2001, BenefitsCheckUp is a Web-based service that has already helped more than 820,000 older Americans, their caregivers, and community organizations to quickly and easily determine what benefits programs seniors qualify for and how to claim them. 

As a result, thousands more now have access to federal and state program benefits such as Medicaid, Food Stamps, in-home services and thousands of other programs. 

NCOA and its partners anticipate that five million will have used the Web site in the next four years and is mobilizing more than 2,000 community organizations to find and help isolated seniors who could benefit from the service. 

BenefitsCheckUp is supported by several other organizations and foundations including AARP, AOL, Atlantic Philanthropies, The US Department of Commerce, The Commonwealth Fund, Pfizer Inc, Merck Company Foundation, and the Archstone Foundation.

No information contained on this site should be used as a substitute for the advice of an appropriately qualified and licensed professional in that particular field. 

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