Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Approved to Offer No Fee Discount Drug Card to Medicare Beneficiaries.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers BIRMINGHAM, Ala ALA aminolevulinic acid. Ala alanine. ala (a´lah) pl. a´lae [L.] a winglike process. .--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2004 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. of Alabama's BlueRx(SM) is a no fee prescription discount card that has been approved by Medicare to provide seniors and people with disabilities savings on their prescription drugs prescription drug Prescription medication Pharmacology An FDA-approved drug which must, by federal law or regulation, be dispensed only pursuant to a prescription–eg, finished dose form and active ingredients subject to the provisos of the Federal Food, Drug, . Blue Cross is pleased to be one of only 28 private sponsors chosen nationally to offer this program. Beginning in May 2004, over 680,000 Medicare beneficiaries in Alabama can apply to receive discounts on prescription drugs. Enrollees may begin using their discount cards June 1, 2004. Low-income beneficiaries may also receive an additional $600 to pay for their prescription medicines in both 2004 and 2005. Alabamians with Medicare, except those who already receive outpatient drugs through Medicaid, may apply for BlueRx beginning in early May. The BlueRx Prescription Discount Card provides savings on prescription drugs and there is no annual enrollment fee for those who qualify. More than 1200 independent and chain network pharmacies This article is a list of major pharmacies (also known as chemists and drugstores) by country. Australia Pharmacies in Australia are mostly independently-owned by pharmacists, often operated as franchises of retail brands offered by the three major in Alabama are participating in this program. BlueRx may also be used at Blue Cross' national network pharmacies outside Alabama. The BlueRx Prescription Discount Card will replace the current C Plus drug discount program on June 1, 2004. Please note that due to Federal Regulations, current C Plus members will have to enroll in the BlueRx program in order to receive drug discounts after May 31, 2004. Beginning in late April, Medicare beneficiaries may visit Medicare's Price Comparison web site, www.medicare.gov to view discounts available through BlueRx. Blue Cross will have BlueRx enrollment information available beginning May 3, 2004. For more information about Medicare benefits and Medicare-approved prescription drug discount cards, please call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227). TTY (TeleTYpewriter) See teletypewriter and TDD/TTY. (hardware) tty - /tit'ee/ (ITS pronunciation, but some Unix people say it this way as well; this pronunciation is not considered to have sexual undertones), /T T Y/ 1. teletypewriter. 2. users should call 1-877-486-2048. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama is an independent licensee licensee n. a person given a license by government or under private agreement. (See: license, licensor) LICENSEE. One to whom a license has been given. 1 M. Q. & S. 699 n. of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
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