‘Help is Here Express’ to visit
The “Help is Here Express” national bus tour will be at Uniontown Hospital from 10 a.m. until noon today to help people who are having trouble affording their prescription medicines. This effort is supported by the Fayette County Community Health Improvement Partnership (CHIPP). Since January, the bus tour – sponsored by America’s pharmaceutical research companies – has visited all 50 states and more than 500 cities to raise awareness about patient assistance programs.
The “Help is Here Express” is part of the Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA), a national effort that has helped more than 2.7 million patients, including more than 132,000 in Pennsylvania, find programs that provide prescription medicines for free or nearly free.
The bus is staffed by trained specialists able to quickly help low-income, uninsured or under-insured patients access more than 475 patient assistance programs, including more than 180 programs offered by pharmaceutical companies.
It’s being sponsored by the United Way of South Fayette Inc.