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                            DID YOU KNOW: 

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11% of adults in Trumbull County have diabetes. Many of these are senior citizens on limited budgets with multiple health issues.  When they reach their Medicare coverage gap, they are often faced with high co-payments and begin to parse their medication or have to make difficult choices on how to spend their money.

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250+prescriptions have been funded by Women United since launching the program in the fall of 2019.  

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200% is the increase in the cost of insulin in the last decade.  

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$150 is the average cost of a co-payment for insulin for seniors and diabetes related medications for seniors in our program.  However, the cost may be as high as $750 when seniors fall into the "coverage gap" of Medicare. When you add that to other medication costs, some are paying hundreds of dollars that could be equivalent to a house payment.   

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QUALIFICATIONS OF THE PROGRAM:

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• Maximum household income will vary depending on other medical expenses.

• Must live in Trumbull County

• Patient has exhausted all other options.

 

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