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How does the AARP Prescription Discount card work?

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How does it work?

“My insurance company would not give me a discounted price and if I had jumped all the hurdles to get it approved, it would have cost me a far greater price than buying it without insurance.”

— Rx discount card user on AARP Prescription Discounts provided by Optum Rx

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AARP® Prescription Discounts provided by Optum Rx® ("Program") is a prescription drug program that provides a discount on FDA-approved drugs. This is not insurance. The Program, endorsed by AARP, is administered by Optum Rx Discount Card Services, LLC. Optum Rx Discount Card Services, LLC pays a royalty fee to AARP for use of the AARP intellectual property. These fees are used for general purposes of AARP.

*Savings amount is an average based on information from the Program’s analysis of members whose prescription claims were paid between 8/1/2021 and 7/31/2022 and saved at least $1.

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