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For those who don't have health insurance, clinics are MUCH, MUCH cheaper than emergency room visits, or even regular doctor vists for general aches, pains, minor emergencies, and minor illnesses. Also, KROGER PHARMACY and WALMART PHARMACY offer discount prescriptions that are revised routinely. Check Kroger's website and Walmart's website for a list, or pick up a pamphlet when visiting the stores. Carry it with you so when you have to go to a doctor perhaps the physician can prescribe one of these meds which can save a bundle. Also, there is a website for those on monthly medications which are not offered on the discount list by Kroger and Walmart. The website is NEEDYMEDS.ORG and offers prescription assistance programs through pharmaceutical companies to provide you with medications, if eligibility requirement are met. Your doctor will have to submit the prescription to the pharmaceutical company. I used this method when my father was alive to help provide his medication because he could not get medicare or medicaid and had no insurance.

Anyone else out there with any information on assisting others, please share.

God bless. Hope this helps someone.