For numerous Americans, who do not possess any sort of health insurance cover and have been purchasing their prescription medicines at full retail rates, can now heave a sigh of relief.
Discount prescription plans have helped people in receiving significant discounts on both branded as well as generic prescription medications.
However, these plans should not be confused as any form of health insurance as they are basically discount cards that are readily available online or at any drug store and supermarket.
Discount prescription plans can be used by anyone irrespective of whether they are insured for a health plan or not.
These plans are also free of other constraints like income, age or pre-existing conditions of the plan holder.
The main reason behind the popularity of these plans is that they help people to save a lot of hard earned money on buying prescription drugs.
These are generally distributed by several non-profit organizations and clinics to help people reduce the costs of their medicine bills.
For benefiting from discount prescription plans, users are issued with a discount card that is quite easy to use.
A card holder just needs at the pharmacy and they are guaranteed to get a discount depending on the prescription and where the card holder has filled it.
The amount of discount provided is the lowest of either the discounted price or the pharmacy's retail price.
The discounted amount generally can be up to 40% but in some cases it can be as high as even 75%.
The discount cards offered through discount prescription plans are absolutely free and can be used as often as the need arises for the same.
Moreover, people can have more than one discount cards and in such cases can seek the advice of the pharmacist as to which card will provide them with a greater discount.