ALEXANDRIA, VA (April 12, 2004) – Following Medicare’s approval ofits prescription drug discount card, the Pharmacy Care Alliance last week said that its network of pharmacies now includes more than 41,000 local pharmacies across the U.S., including some 31,000 chain and 10,000 independent drug stores.
Network pharmacies will accept the Medicare-approved Pharmacy Care Alliance drug discount card at all of their pharmacies. Medicare beneficiaries can begin applying for the discount card in May,and the program will begin in June, the alliance said. The Pharmacy Care Alliance estimates that Medicare beneficiaries will be able to save as much as 20 percent on brand name and 40 percent on generic prescription drugs through the program.
Medicare-approved drug discount cards are designed to help beneficiaries with prescription drug costs until new federal prescription drug coverage — Medicare Part D — takes effect in January 2006.
The members of the Pharmacy Care Alliance network include retail and grocery chains, deep discount, mass merchants and independent pharmacies:
A&P
Ahold USA
Albertsons
Amerisource Bergen
Anchor Pharmacy
Aurora Pharmacy
Associated Wholesale Grocers
Bashas’ Inc.
BJ’s Pharmacy
Brooks
Brookshire Brothers
Brookshire Grocery
Cardinal Leader Drug Stores
Carle Rx Express
CK/KC Inc.
Coborn’s
Costco
CVS Pharmacy
D&W Food Centers
Dahl’s Pharmacy
Dierberg’s Pharmacy
Discount Drug Mart
Doc’s Drugs
Drug Fair
Duane Reade
Eckerd
Epic Pharmacy Network
Fagen Pharmacy
Family Care
FamilyMeds
Food Lion
Fred’s
Fruth Pharmacy
Felpausch Hometown Pharmacies
Gemmel Pharmacy
Giant Eagle
Haggen Food & Pharmacy
Hannaford Brothers
Happy Harry’s
Harps Food Stores
Harris Teeter
Hartig
Harvest Foods
H-E-B Foods/Drugs
Henry Ford Health System
Hi-School
Hy-Vee/Drugtown
Ingles Markets
Kash n’ Karry
Kerr Drug
Keystone-Medicine Chest
Kinney Drugs
Klingensmith’s
Kmart
Knight Drugs
Kopp Drug
Kroger
Food City
Longs
Marc Glassman
Marsh Drug
May’s Drug
McKesson AccessHealth
Med-Fast Pharmacy
Medic Drug
Medicap
Medicine Shoppe
Med-X
Meijer Minyar
Nash Finch Company
Navarro
NeighborCare
Northeast Pharmacy Services
Park Nicollet
Pathmark Stores
Penn Traffic Company
Pharmacy Express Services
Price-Less
Publix
Quick Chek
Raley’s
Rite Aid
Rosauers Pharmacy
RXD
Safeway
Save Mart
Sav-More
Schnuck Markets Pharmacy
Scolari’s
Shelley’s
Shopko
Snyder Drug/Drug Emporium
Spartan Stores, Inc. Star Markets
SUPERVALU
Target Stores
The Bartell Drug Company
Times Supermarket
Ukrop’s Pharmacy
United Drug
United of Texas
United Supermarkets
USA Drug/SuperD
VG’s Pharmacy
Wakefern Food
Wal-Mart
Wegmans
Weis Markets
Winn-Dixie
The Pharmacy Care Alliance is a not-for-profit alliance between the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, which represents 216 chain pharmacies, and Express Scripts, one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers in North America.
