Pfizer Offers Prescription Help to Low-Income Seniors AgeVenture News Service 03-21-2002 Pfizer has expaned its commitment to improving health care for low-income Americans. The company's health information and resource center, Pfizer for Living, began providing a new series of customized health benefits for seven million Medicare-enrolled Americans effective this March 2002. The initiative includes the following benefits. The Pfizer Share Card, which will enable them to buy a 30-day supply of any Pfizer prescription medicine they need for a flat fee of $15, compared to the $69.54 average U.S. retail price of a branded prescription. A help line, with live operators, to request enrollment materials and learn about other health services and benefits that may be available to them; and Easy-to-read health information on their medical conditions. The Pfizer Share Card, which can be used at retail pharmacies, covers Pfizer medicines including therapies for many diseases that are chronic and often untreated among the elderly such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and depression. CVS, the nation's largest retail drugstore chain, and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the largest U.S. retailer, will join Pfizer in the rollout of the Pfizer Share Card. To qualify for the program, individual Medicare recipients—including people with disabilities who are Medicare-enrolled—must have annual gross income below $18,000 ($24,000 for couples who file joint tax returns), and have no other prescription coverage. Pfizer for Living Share Card applications are available today by calling 1-800-717-6005 and additional information is available at www.pfizerforliving.com. Photo Credit: Pfizer Inc.