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NYCRx - Expanding Access to Medications

Challenges Entered:

FACT Social Justice Challenge (2010)

Expanding access to medications for low-income New Yorkers

NYCRx is a non-profit organization that works with neighborhood clinics to help them maximize the use of drug discounts for their patients. Our program saves uninsured patients an average of $40 per prescription and also generates between $25 and $30 in revenue to the clinics for some of their prescriptions.

Submitted by sarah.sheffield on September 23, 2010 - 7:40am

Transitions

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