ADDCO Publishes Guidelines for Medical Professionals When Recommending a Discount Prescription Card

Bohemia, NY, December 09, 2015 --(PR.com)-- The Association of Discount Drug Card Organizations is committed to consumer protection and fair competition.

Addco's primary focus is to make prescription medications affordable to all, especially the uninsured and under-insured, while using only the highest standards and ethics in the discount prescription drug card field.

Millions of persons in the United States lack access to affordable prescription medications. Discount prescription drug card programs address this situation by providing consumers the opportunity to directly purchase prescription drugs at prices discounted below contracted providers’ established retail prices.

But what guidelines can Medical Professionals follow when recommending a discount prescription?

ADDCO has created guidelines that serve as a standard that doctors can reference and use. Doctors get inundated with different discount prescription cards everyday. Some are very good, many are not. ADDCO's goal is to help the doctors choose.

As discount drug card program membership grows, and as discount drug card programs play an ever more important role in providing consumers access to the most affordable prescription medications in the country, it is appropriate for discount drug card program operators and marketers to adopt voluntary standards that establish appropriate levels of consumer protection and program integrity, and that promote fair competition among discount drug card programs.

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