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Question

Newer discount cards like Good Rx and Rx Saver are flooding the market. There are also manufacturer discount cards that patients can use as well. First, explain the difference between these everyday "Good Rx/Rx saver" cards from manufactured discount cards. Second, clarify Medicare/Medicaid barriers with manufacturer discount cards. Are there laws that prohibit these types of discounts? Third, how do you plan to use these values within your patient population? Lastly, what is your thought about using these cards when monetary barriers become a problem with adherence rates in special people? Please go into detail about how these cards focus on what is called usual and customary costs vs. acquired costs. This will take some research into how these cards achieve the discounts advertised.