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Ithaca, NY – The Human Services Coalition, Cayuga Medical Center, Kinney Drugs in Tompkins County, and United Way of Tompkins County are pleased to announce the start of the Urgent Rx pilot program. When an uninsured patient receives care at Cayuga Medical Center's Emergency Room or Convenient Care Center in Ithaca, Urgent Rx will provide free generic medications, from a limited list.

At this time, the four Kinney Drugs’ pharmacies in Tompkins County are the only providers for Urgent Rx prescriptions. In order to qualify for Urgent Rx, the uninsured patient must get the prescription written during the visit at either Cayuga Medical Center's Emergency Department or Convenient Care Center in Ithaca and the prescriptions must be for medicines on the approved list that was developed in consultation with physicians at Cayuga Medical Center.

Funding for Urgent Rx is from United Way of Tompkins County, which received a generous challenge grant from the Brooks Family Foundation that has been matched by local donors. All donations raised for Urgent Rx will pay for the prescribed medications. Donors can still direct their United Way gifts to Urgent Rx, and all donations will be matched dollar for dollar through March 31, 2006.

United Way of Tompkins County is committed to addressing the unmet health and human service needs in our community by working with local partners to develop solutions. As United Way partners with the Human Services Coalition, Cayuga Medical Center, and Kinney Drugs in Tompkins County on this unique collaboration, many uninsured people will receive much-needed prescriptions that would otherwise most likely not be filled.

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