Discount Drug Card Association NY

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Welcome to addco.org
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Discount Drug Card Association NJ

• Association Mission Statement
• To make prescription medications affordable to
  all, especially the uninsured and underinsured,
  while using only the highest standards and ethics
  in the discount prescription drug card field.

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Discount Drug Card Association NY

• ADDCO Members must all hold the highestrating
  with the Better Business Bureau (BBB).ADDCO may
  promulgate rules and procedures interpreting and
  applying the code of conduct, including
  procedures for suspending or terminating
  membership in ADDCO as a result of non-compliance
  with the code of conduct. Program operators and
  independent representatives must maintain records
  sufficient to demonstrate compliance with the
  code of conduct, including any applicable rules
  and procedures promulgated by ADDCO. Program
  operators and independent representatives must
  cooperate with any ADDCO review for compliance
  with this code of conduct.

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• Customer service to the discount drug card user
  must be helpful, knowledgeable and the customer
  service center must be trained in the field of
  discount drug card usage.
• All advertising, solicitation, and marketing
  materials of a discount drug card program must
  clearly and conspicuously state that the discount
  drug card program is not insurance or a qualified
  plan under the Affordable Care Act.

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• ADDCO members must use a Pharmacy Benefit Manager
  (PBM) that does not unfairly alter collection
  fees to the pharmacy to the detriment of the
  consumers end price.
• The ADDCO may promulgate rules and procedures
  interpreting and applying the code of conduct,
  including procedures for suspending or
  terminating membership in ADDCO as a result of
  non-compliance with the code of conduct.

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Discount Drug Card Association Benefits

• If a discount drug card program is included with
  insured products, all advertising, solicitation
  and marketing materials must clearly and
  conspicuously disclose which services are
  discount benefits and which services and/or
  products are insured benefits.

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Discount Drug Card Association Standards

• Some facts about prescription discount drug
  cards
• The card is Free active and ready to use and
  never expires
• It is a bearer card whoever has it can use it
• One card can be used by an entire family
• There is no collection of personal information
  ever no application necessary
• Does not have any restrictions for use, except
  that it cannot be combined with insuranceAnd
  there should be a mobile app available for your
  smart phone!

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Discount RX Card Association Standards

• Medicine Take-Back ProgramsMedicine take-back
  programs for disposal are a good way to remove
  expired, unwanted, or unused medicines from the
  home and reduce the chance that others may
  accidentally take the medicine. Contact your city
  or county government's household trash and
  recycling service to see if there is a medicine
  take-back program in your community and learn
  about any special rules regarding which medicines
  can be taken back. You can also talk to your
  pharmacist to see if he or she knows of other
  medicine disposal programs in your area or visit
  the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's
  website for information on National Prescription
  Drug Take-Back Events.

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Association of Discount Drug Card Organizations

• Disposal in Household TrashIf no medicine
  take-back program is available in your area, you
  can also follow these simple steps to dispose of
  most medicines in the household trash1
• Mix medicines (do NOT crush tablets or capsules)
  with an unpalatable substance such as kitty
  litter or used coffee groundsPlace the mixture
  in a container such as a sealed plastic bag
  andThrow the container in your household
  trash.Before throwing out your empty pill bottle
  or other empty medicine packaging, remember to
  scratch out all information on the prescription
  label to make it unreadable.

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Discount RX Card Association

• As discount drug card program membership grows,
  and as discount drug card programs play an ever
  more important role in providing consumers access
  to 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.Towards those
  ends, the Association of Discount Drug Card
  Organizations (ADDCO) and its members hereby
  establish this code of conduct.