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Free prescription drug medications from Pfizer

Drug company Pfizer has created a prescription assistance program that will offer free drugs and prescription medication to unemployed U.S. workers who have lost their jobs and their health insurance coverage.

Pfizer has named the prescription assistance program MAINTAIN, which is an acronym that stands for "Medicines Assistance for Those who Are In Need,"

Unfortunately, millions of Americans have been laid off over the last several months and have also lost their health insurance. This loss of income as well as their health insurance makes it very difficult for them to pay for health insurance coverage.

The program, which will assist Pfizer with maintaining customer loyalty, will help people save money, and help people maintain a healthy lifestyle, will be open for enrollment through the end of the year. To be qualified, the program is open to eligible Americans who have been unemployed since Jan. 1.

Other criteria to be eligible for the program include the loss of employment since Jan. 1, a lack of a current health insurance plan that covers prescriptions and medications. In addition, the person seeking aid must have had a prescription for a Pfizer medication for a minimum of three months prior to the first day of unemployment or enrolling in the program.

The Pfizer MAINTAIN program will provide the company’s almost 80 primary care prescription drugs, Viagra and Lipitor, free of charge for one year to those Americans who are left without health coverage through job losses since the start of this year. Other drugs that people can receive for free include Celebrex and the fibromyalgia treatment Lyrica. Also, medications from several other popular drug classes such as heart medications, antifungal treatments, smoking cessation products, antibiotics, antidepressants, and even contraceptives are also being included in this drug assistance program. There are also cheaper and also free generic versions available for many of these medications.

All applicants for the Pfizer free drug program will need to sign a statement that they are suffering from a financial hardship or crisis, and that they will have to provide a “pink slip” or similar employer notice in order to receive the free medications