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Senate
Resolution 1201
By:
Senators Thomas of the 54th, Unterman of the 45th and Goggans of the 7th
A
RESOLUTION
Commending
the Together Rx Access Card program and its participating pharmaceutical
companies; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
more than 1.38 million Georgians, 20 percent of the state's non-elderly
population, do not have health insurance, including 13 percent of the state's
children; and
WHEREAS,
unless they have the resources to pay for staggeringly expensive treatments out
of their own pockets, uninsured individuals have limited access to proper health
care; and
WHEREAS,
all Georgians deserve access to the medications they need in order to care for
their health; and
WHEREAS,
in January 2005, the Together Rx Access Card program was launched by ten
pharmaceutical companies to help low-income, uninsured individuals and families
gain access to prescription medications and products at savings of 25 to 40
percent; and
WHEREAS,
this free, easy-to-use program is offered by the following pharmaceutical
companies: Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, Abbott Laboratories, AstraZeneca,
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, sanofi-aventis
Group, Takeda, and TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body join
together to commend the Together Rx Access Card program and its participating
pharmaceutical companies for their efforts to help uninsured Georgia residents
gain greater access to prescription products.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to the above-named
pharmaceutical companies that participate in the Together Rx Access Card
program.