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The famous childhood actor, Jerry Mathers, who starred in the 1950s hit family show “Leave it to Beaver” has type 2 diabetes. Now an adult, he is using his celebrity to help other people battling diabetes.

To raise diabetes awareness, Mathers is traveling with the Partnership for Prescription Assistance bus, a mobile patient assistance advocacy initiative. Mathers and the Partnership for Prescription Assistance will in Cedar Rapids, Cedar Falls, Iowa City, and Burlington on October 13, 2009.

DES MOINES, IOWA — Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 22, 2009. A new Iowa Medication Voucher Program to help lower-income Iowans has been created with funds paid by two pharmaceutical benefit manager companies for alleged consumer fraud violations, Attorney General Tom Miller said Tuesday.

“This program will use $420,000 paid by the companies to provide thousands of lower-income Iowans with a 90-day supply of certain medications for an out-of-pocket cost of just $3 per prescription,” Miller said. “The program will pay the remaining cost of the drugs.”

To use the program, eligible Iowans will need to obtain a voucher, present it with a prescription to a participating Iowa pharmacy, and pay a $3 co-pay. Details are available below or at www.iowapdc.org on who is eligible, what drugs are covered by the program, where to obtain vouchers, and which pharmacies are participating.

You can read the entire article on HeartlandConnection.com

Software Will Aid Non-Insured Patients to Identify and Apply for Corporate and Government-Sponsored Free Medication Programs

NEW YORK (Business Wire): Total Rx Savings, LLC announces the launch of its Prescription Assistance Program software as an additional product to its free-of charge drug discount card. The new software, which can be accessed via the Total Rx Savings Web site or via the company`s toll free number (877-7TOTALRX) for live customer care assistance.

The program will allow patients to identify eligibility and facilitate applications for any of the more than 500 programs available to obtain some of the more than 2,000 prescription medications on the market today free of charge. The program, which is geared toward the uninsured consumer, will charge $10 per prescription for the first one, with an additional $5 for each new prescription thereafter — similar to the co-pay that insured consumers pay for their prescription medications.

From Reuters, September 16, 2009.

Several Michigan health organizations are offering free resources and assistance to people with diabetes who are unemployed or without health insurance.

During the economic downturn, the Michigan Diabetes Outreach Network, Michigan Department of Community Health and Diabetes Partners in Action Coalition have identified resources to assist those without jobs, health insurance or who are facing difficult times managing their diabetes.

For help locating diabetes resources in Michigan, read, Organizations help those with diabetes during financial recession; Sourcenewspapers.com; August 16, 2009.

Eye Medication Assistance

Eye Research Foundation volunteers can help residents in signing up for drug assistance from many ophthalmic drug manufacturers. This may help reduce the cost of eye medications to little or nothing.

Call (772) 287-9000 for more information.

Eye Screenings

Free initial eye screenings are available at Diabetes Eye and Macular Degeneration Institute for patients who are diabetic, or 50 and older.

Call (772) 220-7490 to schedule an appointment at 401 E. Osceola St., Suite 200A, Stuart.

Blood Pressure Screenings

Blood-pressure checks are offered free from 11 a.m. to noon on the first and third Thursdays of each month at HarborPlace, 3700 S.E. Jennings Road, Port St. Lucie. Call (772) 337-4330 for directions or more information.

Support Group for Patients with Peripheral Neuropathy

More than 20 million Americans, young and old, suffer with peripheral neuropathy, a chronic, debilitating disease resulting from injury to the peripheral nerves. Most forms cannot be cured but, if diagnosed early, can be controlled.

A local peripheral neuropathy support group meets the second Wednesday of each month from 2 to 4 p.m. at Hospice Treasure Coast, 1201 S.E. Indian St., Stuart. For information, call Doris Thurston at (772) 283-5137.

More information on the web.