HR 9201

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution commending the Together Rx Access Card
3	program and participating pharmaceutical companies.
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5	WHEREAS, more than 2.8 million Floridians, 21 percent of
6	the state's nonelderly population, including 15.5 percent of
7	Florida's children and 16.4 percent of the state's working
8	families, do not have health insurance, and
9	WHEREAS, uninsured Floridians have limited access to proper
10	health care, and
11	WHEREAS, Floridians deserve to have access to the
12	medications they need in order to care for their health, and
13	WHEREAS, in January 2005, the Together Rx Access Card
14	program was launched by 10 pharmaceutical companies to help low-
15	income, uninsured individuals and families gain access to
16	prescription medications and products at savings of 25 percent
17	to 40 percent, and
18	WHEREAS, this free, easy-to-use Together Rx Access Card is
19	offered by the following pharmaceutical companies: Novartis,
20	GlaxoSmithKline, Abbott Laboratories, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers
21	Squibb Company, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, sanofi-aventis Group,
22	Takeda, and TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc., NOW, THEREFORE,
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24	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
25	Florida:
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27	That the Together Rx Access Card program and participating
28	pharmaceutical companies are commended for their efforts to help
29	uninsured Florida residents gain better access to prescription
30	products.

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