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12 On Your Side: Are prescription drug cards in the mail a trick or treat? 3 <br />Sometimes more expensive than our cash price," says Mims. <br />For example, Hydrochlorothiazide is $5.34 at Family Pharmacy and using the U.S. Prescription <br />D iscounts card it totaled 30 cents more. Even a more expensive drug like Nexium is $245 at Family <br />P harmacy and with the U.S. Prescription Discounts card the savings was only about $1. <br />"All your personal information that you give to the pharmacy is subject to go to these insurance <br />companies," says Mims. Including what kind of medications you take. We investigated the company <br />and discovered the Washington, D.C. addressis just post office box inside a.UPS store. <br />The New York Better Business Bureau says the company name is Script Relief LLC which gets a C <br />rating. The BBB says the company has these five alternate business names: <br />U ..S. Prescription Discounts <br />H elp Rx <br />National Prescription Savings Network <br />RxRelief <br />The Healthcare Alliance <br />"It submits to that discount card and they can know all the information about you," says Mims. <br />K nowing this information now, Thelma Thornton says she knows what she will do with her cards. "I <br />• guess I will just throw them away," says Thornton. <br />According to its website the company says it respects your privacy but admits it is not responsible <br />for how it's partner company privacy policies work or how those companies may use your <br />information <br />• <br />• <br />According to the pharmacist News 12 spoke with, personal information would not include social <br />security numbers but would include an individual's age, date of birth, where they live and their <br />phone number. <br />We left a message for the owner of the company but have not heard back yet. <br />Have information or an opinion about this story? Click here to contact the newsroom. <br />(http://www.wrdw.com/news/misc/8412417.html) <br />Copyright WRDW-TV News 12. All rights reserved. This material may not be republished without <br />express written permission. <br />Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1212 Augusta, GA 30903 Main Telephone: (803) 278-1212 Newsroom: <br />(803) 278-3111 Fax (803) 442-4561 <br />Share <br />file:///C:/Users/mpursel/AppData/Local/Temp/1PSL4190.htm 1/27/2014 <br />200 <br />