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		<title>Childhood actor Jerry Mathers takes his diabetes on the road to help others</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/10/07/childhood-actor-jerry-mathers-takes-his-diabetes-on-the-road-to-help-others/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The famous childhood actor, Jerry Mathers, who starred in the 1950s hit family show &#8220;Leave it to Beaver&#8221; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa Medication Voucher Program Helps with Diabetes Medications</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/09/23/iowa-medication-voucher-program-helps-with-diabetes-medications/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/09/23/iowa-medication-voucher-program-helps-with-diabetes-medications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>New Rx Assistance Program for the Uninsured</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/09/16/new-rx-assistance-program-for-the-uninsured/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/09/16/new-rx-assistance-program-for-the-uninsured/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan Health Orgs Offer Free Help to People With Diabetes</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/08/20/michigan-health-orgs-offer-free-help-to-people-with-diabetes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/08/20/michigan-health-orgs-offer-free-help-to-people-with-diabetes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assistance Resources for Diabetics Residents in Martin County, FL</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/08/20/assistance-resources-for-diabetics-residents-in-martin-county-fl/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/08/20/assistance-resources-for-diabetics-residents-in-martin-county-fl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Security to Repay 200,000 People Wrongly Denied Benefits</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/08/20/social-security-to-repay-200000-people-wrongly-denied-benefits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/08/20/social-security-to-repay-200000-people-wrongly-denied-benefits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Social Security Administration (SSA) has agreed to repay more than $500 million to people whose benefits have been withheld since Jan. 1, 2007, because their names and birth dates matched those of people with arrest warrants.
Often the warrants involved traffic or other minor infractions, and sometimes were for completely different people with the same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Relaxes Low-Income Subsidy Income Requirements</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/08/20/medicare-relaxes-low-income-subsidy-income-requirements/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/08/20/medicare-relaxes-low-income-subsidy-income-requirements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning January 1, 2010, it will be easier for some Medicare beneficiaries to qualify for the Medicare Part D Extra Help/Low-Income Subsidy (LIS).
Starting January 1, 2010, the Social Security Administration will no longer count life insurance as a resource. In addition, it will no longer count as income any regular financial help that beneficiaries receive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southwest Utah Community Health Center Provides Affordable Care to Diabetics in Utah</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/08/11/southwest-utah-community-health-center-provides-affordable-care-to-diabetics-in-utah/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/08/11/southwest-utah-community-health-center-provides-affordable-care-to-diabetics-in-utah/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health center makes lives better
TheSpectrum.com
By Patrice St. Germaine
ST. GEORGE &#8211; The difference between the Southwest Utah Community Health Center and other health care providers in the community is the health center provides quality health care to everyone, including the uninsured, for affordable prices.
Advertisement
The Community Health Center, which has the motto &#8220;Making lives better in Southwest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lilly Relaxes Income Guidelines on Their Patient Assistance Programs</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/08/10/lilly-relaxes-income-guidelines-on-their-patient-assistance-programs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/08/10/lilly-relaxes-income-guidelines-on-their-patient-assistance-programs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to an article, &#8220;Free meds for the needy: Good policy or good PR?&#8221; in which author John Russell questions whether the magic bus traveling across the United States helping people to see if they qualify for prescription assistance programs is doing consumers any good:
&#8230;Last week, Indianapolis-based Lilly widened its program that provides free medications [...]]]></description>
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		<title>See How Alyssa, iPump&#8217;s First Client is Doing Today Nearly 3 Years Later</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/08/09/see-how-alyssa-ipumps-first-client-is-doing-today-nearly-3-years-later/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/08/09/see-how-alyssa-ipumps-first-client-is-doing-today-nearly-3-years-later/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Little Alyssa, a child with a sunny smile and fiery spirit, was only three years old when she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.  She was iPump&#8217;s first client, so tiny, so newly diagnosed.  Her mother, Cindi a busy mom of three, had no time to feel sorry for herself.  She has spent the past [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Danville, Illinois Patient Assistance &#8211; Aunt Martha&#8217;s Healthcare Network</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/08/08/danville-illinois-patient-assistance-auth-marthas-healthcare-network/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/08/08/danville-illinois-patient-assistance-auth-marthas-healthcare-network/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 07, 2009
Aunt Martha’s kicks off Health Center Week
STAFF REPORT
Commercial-News.com
DANVILLE — Aunt Martha’s Healthcare Network kicks off National Health Center Week with two community events in Danville.
&#8230;On Thursday, an additional community event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Health Center. The day will include adult health screenings including blood pressure, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assistance Programs &#8211; Texas &#8211; Comal County Prescription Assistance Program</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/07/11/assistance-programs-texas-comal-county-prescription-assistance-program/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/07/11/assistance-programs-texas-comal-county-prescription-assistance-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Help when it&#8217;s needed most
By Ashlie McEachern
The Herald-Zeitung
Published July  9, 2009
In the face of rising health care costs and a larger number of people facing unemployment, the Comal County Prescription Assistance Program helps people get medicines they need from drug companies.
For a monthly fee ranging from $15 to $50, the program does all the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patient Assistance Program for Moore and Montgomery Counties in NC</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/06/27/patient-assistance-program-for-moore-and-montgomery-counties-in-nc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/06/27/patient-assistance-program-for-moore-and-montgomery-counties-in-nc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[thepilot.com
June 25, 2009
Grant Boosts Prescription Assistance Program
By Jonathan Summey: Newsroom Intern
A local program that helps provide prescription drugs for low-income residents has received a significant donation.
The North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund (HWTF) awarded $60,000 to the FirstHealth Cares program, which serves residents of Moore and Montgomery counties.
It assists residents who lack prescription drug [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pfizer, Inc. Announces New Patient Prescription Plan for Unemployed</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/06/05/pfizer-inc-announces-new-patient-prescription-plan-for-unemployed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/06/05/pfizer-inc-announces-new-patient-prescription-plan-for-unemployed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Human Resource Executive Online

June 4, 2009
Prescription for the Unemployed
By David Shadovitz
Last month, Pfizer Inc. announced the launch of a program designed to assist unemployed American workers and their families who have lost their health insurance by providing them with free medicines&#8230;
&#8230;To receive any of the roughly 70 Pfizer medications (including top sellers such as Lipitor, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Letter from the CEO on the Financial State of iPump</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/03/02/a-letter-from-the-ceo-on-the-financial-state-of-ipump/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/03/02/a-letter-from-the-ceo-on-the-financial-state-of-ipump/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why we have temporarily cut back on our assistance programs

March 2, 2009
To Other Families and Individuals Dealing With Diabetes;
My name is Lahle Wolfe. I have type 2 diabetes and a heart for families in crisis.
In 2004, my youngest child, Elizabeth, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 4. We had almost exhausted our COBRA [...]]]></description>
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