United Way announces program to help with prescription drug costs

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By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Feb 28, 2008 at 5:09 PM EDT

Story Updated: Feb 28, 2008 at 5:09 PM EDT

Prescription drugs are expensive, especially if you don't have insurance. A new local program could help ease that burden.

Thursday the United Way announced a new partnership with South Bend and Mishawaka.

One new program will give people without health insurance a discount card for prescription drugs.

The other is called the Community Access Network, or CAN — a collaboration between dozens of local social service agencies to help people in need.

"This is what happens when people come together,” said Jedediah Walls of the United Way. “This is what happens when agencies come together to help people. This has really been a huge outcry from our community for something like this to help everybody."

For more information, call the United Way at 211.

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