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    4/14/2010

    Partnership for Prescription Assistance Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary and Launch of 'PPA 2.0'

    Actor Jerry Mathers, World Series Champion Darryl Strawberry And Super Bowl Winner Jerome Bettis Help to Promote Program Bookmark and Share Indianapolis, IN (April 14, 2010) In an effort to help even more Americans who are uninsured and struggling financially, the Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) today launched new online resources designed to expand the program's outreach. "PPA 2.0," an evolution of the nationwide effort sponsored by America's pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies, was unveiled here during a celebration of the PPA's five-year anniversary of helping patients obtain access to the medicines they need for free or nearly free. Since its debut in April 2005, PPA has helped more than 6.5 million Americans by connecting them to patient assistance programs.

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  • 10/22/2009

    Partnership for Prescription Assistance Celebrates Milestone Helping More Than 6 Million Uninsured Patients

    Super Bowl Winning Running Back Jerome “The Bus” Bettis And “Help Is Here Express” Bus Tour Coming To Harrisburg to Help Patients in Need Access Prescription Medicines Bookmark and Share Harrisburg, PA (October 22, 2009) – After visiting more than 3,000 cities in all 50 states, the Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) has reached a historic milestone today by helping the six millionth person at an event in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The PPA is a nationwide effort sponsored by America’s pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies that links uninsured and financially struggling Americans to programs that provide prescription medicine for free or nearly free. The help provided by the PPA is particularly important in these troubling economic times, when Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate is 8.6% and residents are increasingly facing layoffs and the loss of health benefits.

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  • 9/25/2009

    Partnership for Prescription Assistance Prepared to Help New Jersey Workers Hurt by Recession

    FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J., Sept. 23 Bookmark and Share The 'Help is Here Express' bus tour will be in Franklin Township this week, stopping at Franklin Township Community Resources Building (935 Hamilton Street) to help uninsured and financially-struggling New Jersey residents access information on programs that provide prescription medicines for free or nearly free. The bus will be at the Community Resources Center September 23rd from 12:00 p.m. - 5 p.m. and September 24th from 7 a.m. until noon. With the state's unemployment rate now hitting 8.8 percent, compared to 5.1 percent a year ago, the Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) is ready to help state residents who face layoffs and loss of health care benefits find programs that provide prescription medicines for free or nearly free.

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