I posted a press release a few weeks ago from the City of Santa Ana touting a discount drug program that the Benavides City Council majority had crafted with a company called Paramount Rx. This was supposed to be a discount card that Santa Ana residents could use at local pharmacies to save money. But hold on, a new article by the California Health Report implies that this program has been a total bust. While Paramount Rx claims that our residents have saved 31%, the anecdotal evidence says otherwise. Here are a few excerpts from that article, by investigative health reporter Helen Afrasiabi:
A discount drug card offered by the city of Santa Ana to help shoulder the exorbitant costs of prescription drugs has left some users asking “where is the discount?”
Cary, North Carolina-based Paramount Rx was chosen by the city among a few dozen proposals reviewed to contract with local pharmacies and facilitate this discount. Continue reading