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Partnership for Prescription Assistance Celebrates Four-Year Anniversary; Helps More Than 5.7 Million Uninsured Patients Across United States
Date:4/6/2009

educe health care costs through prevention and management of chronic disease, more than 133 million Americans have at least one chronic disease. The Milken Institute, along with the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (www.fightchronicdisease.org), notes there are more than 19.1 million cases of heart disease, 13.7 million cases of diabetes, and 10.5 million cases of cancer in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chronic diseases account for 7 out of every 10 deaths in the U.S.

Patients who qualify for help from the PPA's participating patient assistance programs have access to more than 2,500 brand-name and generic prescription medicines. In addition, the PPA provides information on more than 10,000 free health care clinics in America and has connected more than 277,000 patients with clinics and health care providers in their communities.

"At a time when national unemployment is the highest in almost two decades, the PPA has become an important lifeline for a growing number of patients," PhRMA's Tauzin said. "Millions of Americans have been added to the jobless rolls over the last several months, and economists are predicting that unemployment will continue to grow well into 2009. As more Americans lose their jobs, there could be a sharp increase in the number of people losing health care benefits. The PPA and its message of hope are now more relevant than ever."

On a national level, the Partnership for Prescription Assistance is represented by Emmy-winning syndicated television talk show host Montel Williams, named PPA's national spokesman in January 2006. In addition, nationally recognized Telemundo talk show host and author Mayte Prida leads the PPA's Hispanic outreach efforts.

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