MultiVu Video Feed: Partnership for Prescription Assistance Helps Two Million Americans in Its First Year
MultiVu Video Feed: Partnership for Prescription Assistance Helps Two Million Americans in Its First Year
Television Personality Montel Williams Serves as National Spokesperson
NEW YORK, April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA), a national program sponsored by America's pharmaceutical research companies to help patients is celebrating its one year anniversary with an impressive milestone: To date the PPA has helped more than two million uninsured and underinsured patients.
The PPA is marking their anniversary by helping the millions who have yet to take advantage of this important program. They're raising awareness with the launch of "Patient Assistance Day" with educational activities taking place across the country. Assisting in the effort to raise awareness is Emmy-winning talk show host Montel Williams -- the PPA national spokesman.
In addition, the PPA is adding a new feature that will connect patients to free health clinics in their community.
Through a toll-free number (1-888-4PPA-NOW) and user-friendly Web site (http://www.pparx.org/), the PPA provides a single point of access to more than 475 public and private patient assistance programs that could provide help with more than 2,500 medicines, including a wide range of generic medicines.
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