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Prescription card mailings raise concern 3 <br />tc... tivrawatc }Wass <br />u <br />Published: 11/1/2013 7:54 PM 1 Last update: 11/1/2013 11:17 PM <br />-£LtJflIiT CM 1'n9 -43.1 .76123 <br />t it <br />• <br />S •:�-•`.nom=' <br />!I C:• i- ' to "Pa: <br />[aatualill <br />-�.r4 ton•C <br />f S - <br />W <br />!wv 1 .• <br />• <br />`Q r v\ . e'er- - <br />• <br />(Lindsey Bauman/The Hutchinson News) A letter and savings card from the United States <br />Prescription Discounts company. <br />Prescription card mailings raise concern <br />Reno residents are receiving them, and though they're apparently legit, caution is <br />u rged on discount and privacy assurances. <br />4111 By John Green - The Hutchinson News - jgreen@hutchnews.com <br />• <br />A free prescription discount card from a company with United States in its name and a <br />Washington, D.C., mailing address began arriving in mailboxes in Reno County this week. <br />The mailing, emblazoned in several places with the phrase "Form 1013" and containing a <br />' resident code" rather than a recipient's address, looks like an official government notice, <br />o pined Reno County Department of Aging Director Barbara Lilyhorn, who is familiar through <br />her job with government forms. <br />Nowhere in the literature is there a claim of government sponsorship or an affiliation with <br />federal health programs. But that doesn't make Lilyhorn feel any better about the mailing, <br />arriving during a period when qualifying seniors must enroll or re -enroll for Medicare <br />prescription coverage. <br />A bit of Internet research into the company and discussion with local and state pharmacy <br />reps indicate the company is apparently legitimate - insofar as it offers a prescription <br />discount via a contract with a large drug management corporation. <br />But it also raises a number of red flags consumers should be aware of before taking the card <br />to their local pharmacist. <br />In many cases, advised Don Kaufman at Fraese Drug, using the card may actually cost <br />consumers more. <br />file:///CiUsers/mpursel/AppData/Local/Temp/XWEPGKR5.htm 1/27/2014 <br />201 <br />