Fairfax City First in NOVA to Offer Discount Card

This morning WTOP featured the City of Fairfax's discount prescription drug card program. We're the first to offer it in Northern Virginia.

The cards will be available for free to city residents November 15 at City Hall, the library, fire stations 3 and 33 and Green Acres.

This is a public-private partnership through the National League of Cities, Caremark/CVS and other pharmicies. It will save city residents up to 20 percent on prescription drugs that aren't covered by insurance. It's a great program that I'm happy the city is participating in. The best part of it is that city taxpayers don't have to pay a time to participate, but can save some serious money on prescription drugs.

Here's a link to the program and the full story below.http://wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=2105533

Fairfax City offers prescription drug card
November 4, 2010 - 6:57am

FAIRFAX, Va. - The City of Fairfax is the first in Northern Virginia to offer a discount card that will save you as much as 20 percent on your prescription drugs.

Council member Dan Drummond says the card covers medication not covered by your insurance or any medication for someone who is not insured.

Fairfax is offering the free card through its membership with the National League of Cities. The public-private partnership does not cost taxpayers anything.

Eleven cities in Maryland are participating in the same program. They include Bowie, Bladensburg, College Park, Capitol Heights, Greenbelt, Gaithersburg, Laurel and Seat Pleasant.

You can get the discount card by contacting city hall.

WTOP's Hank Silverberg contributed to this report. Follow him on Twitter.

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