Web Site Helps Needy Get Discounts on Drugs

A coalition of more than 90 national nonprofit organizations is helping low-income people who receive Medicare benefits enroll in programs to reduce the cost of their prescription medications. Central to the campaign is a Web site, BenefitsCheckUpRx, that alerts potential applicants to the combination of programs that will save them the most money.

The Access to Benefits Coalition, led by the National Council on the Aging, in Washington, has created 52 coalitions in 34 states to

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