AstraZeneca Partners With Mercy Primary Care Center to Help Michigan Uninsured

The AZ & Me (TM) prescription savings program for providesmedicines free medical facilities to the community free clinics, community health centers, hospitals and other sorting facilities that serve the uninsured. Thisenables quickly to patients to drugs they need, often in the SamePlace who receive their medical care. "AstraZeneca recognizes that providing health care affordable and accessible touninsured and underinsured Americans is fundamental to building healthycommunities" said Jennifer McGovern, Director of Patient Assistance Programs, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. In 2008, AstraZeneca provided $ 17. 3 million in savings to more than 11,600 patients in Michigan. Nationally, the company helped more than 440,000 patients in 612 million U.S. dollars saving medicines. CCM offers quality medical care to uninsured adults in Detroit betweenthe ages of 18 and 64. CCM serves as a medical home for 1,000 activepatients, providing primary care, laboratory and radiology services, limitedspecialty care, transportation and medicine. Through partnerships withcommunity providers and organizations committed to the uninsured, CCM is ableto provide patients with quality care including diseasemanagement for chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension and depression. According to Wayne Detroit State University School of Medicine, there arecurrently approximately 250,000 people without health insurance in Cornejo. Combined Community resources are only sufficient to provide care for50, 000 such people, leaving a critical need for access thatexpand associations. "In the mercy of Primary Care, we strive to eliminate barriers qualitycare common to many uninsured people face, and AZ & Me (TM) facilities forhealthcare program will help us work towards this goal," said AiisyaWilliamson, Director Executive Mercy Primary Care Center. "In thischallenging economic climate, our partnership with AstraZeneca will enable usto help more residents of Detroit in their need for access to medicines." The next day, where registration uninsured Detroit residents can apply for medical services in phonefor CCM is 3 November 2009. State Representative Betty Scott Cook said: "In the area they serve, know manyfamilies and elderly with limited incomes and struggle with endsmeet do." "The tragic reality is that some people are sometimes forced all without medicines they need because they are unable to pay for these efforts. Iapplaud AstraZeneca to extend a hand to those who need their medications helpaccessing. We must ensure that residents of Detroit Mercy are aware as ofresources Primary Care Center and AZ & Me prescription Savingsprogram health facilities, which can make a difference in the healthof our families, our neighbors and our communities. "The AZ & Me Prescription Savings program for health facilities is not availableto nonprofit organizations that have a licensed outpatient pharmacy ordispensary on the site and meet other program criteria. Patients are drugs forAstraZeneca recipients through this program if you do not have coverage prescriptiondrug and have a household income exceeding $ 30,000 for anindividual, or $ 60,000 for a family of four.