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South Carolina BlueCross to market Medicare-endorsed discount drug card

Published in Law and Health Weekly, May 29th, 2004

BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina announced that it will join with an affiliate of Caremark Rx, Inc. to market RxSavings, the Medicare-endorsed discount drug card, to South Carolinians.

The card will help Medicare beneficiaries save money and improve the safety of taking multiple prescriptions.

The RxSavings program, which begins on June 1, offers cardholders a variety of choices and locations for filling their prescriptions. Enrollees in the RxSavings program are expected to save an average of more than 20% off normal retail prices on the most commonly prescribed brand and generic prescription medications at network retail pharmacies.

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