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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Together Rx Access card program has made it |
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possible for numerous Texans with no prescription drug coverage to |
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obtain medicine at a savings of 25 to 40 percent; and |
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WHEREAS, Launched in January 2005 by 10 pharmaceutical |
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companies, Together Rx Access was created to help low-income, |
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uninsured individuals and families gain access to prescription |
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medications and products at a significantly reduced rate; this |
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free, easy-to-use program is sponsored by Novartis, |
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GlaxoSmithKline, Abbott Laboratories, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers |
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Squibb Company, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, sanofi aventis, Takeda, |
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McNeil, LifeScan, PriCara, Ortho Biotech, Ortho-McNeil, |
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Ortho-McNeil Neurologics, OrthoNeutrogena, Ortho Women's Health & |
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Urology, Vistakon, Janssen, and TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc.; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, More than five million Texans, or 23 percent of the |
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state's population, do not have health insurance, including 21 |
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percent of the state's children; unless they have the resources to |
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pay for staggeringly expensive treatments themselves, uninsured |
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individuals have limited access to proper health care; and |
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WHEREAS, Together Rx Access is helping to address the health |
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care needs of the state's most vulnerable population, and this |
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innovative program is indeed worthy of special praise; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 80th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby commend the Together Rx Access card program and |
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participating pharmaceutical companies for their efforts to help |
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uninsured Texans get prescription medication at reduced rates; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Together Rx Access as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives and Senate. |