City of Milwaukee - File #: 081653

• File #: 081653
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/25/2009
• In control: PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
• Final action: 4/14/2009
• Title: Resolution authorizing participation in the National League of Cities’ Prescription Discount Card Program administered and managed by CVS Caremark Corporation.
• Sponsors: ALD. DAVIS
• Indexes: DRUG EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH INSURANCE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/23/2009	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
4/14/2009	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	14:0
4/2/2009	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Individuals present: Brad Stone - CVS Caremark Corp. Anna Benton - Health Dept. Ald. Davis requests that CVS create a public service announcement for broadcast on city channel 25.	Pass	4:0
3/27/2009	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
3/25/2009	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
081653

Version
ORIGINAL

Reference

Sponsor
ALD. DAVIS

Title
Resolution authorizing participation in the National League of Cities’ Prescription Discount Card Program administered and managed by CVS Caremark Corporation.

Analysis
This resolution makes the City of Milwaukee a participant in the National League of Cities’ Prescription Discount Card Program administered and managed by CVS Caremark Corporation. This program is designed to provide discounts averaging 20% off regular, retail prescription costs for residents who do not have health insurance coverage for medications or who wish to buy medications not covered by their health insurance.

Body
Whereas, 57,000 Milwaukee city residents may be without health insurance coverage (“uninsured”) based on Wisconsin Department of Health Services survey estimates; many are likely “working uninsured”, residents working for employers that do not provide health insurance coverage and earning too much to qualify for Wisconsin’s BadgerCare program, yet unable to afford health insurance coverage on their own; and

Whereas, The sudden and severe decline in the U.S. and Milwaukee economies has likely increased significantly the number of uninsured as city residents lose their jobs, do not qualify for Wisconsin’s BadgerCare program and yet cannot afford Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) premiums or other health insurance; and

Whereas, More residents may become uninsured as the weak economy forces them to accept jobs without health insurance benefits at wages that make affording health insurance on their own impossible, or as employers battered by falling revenues eliminate employee health insurance benefit plans to save money or shift costs to employees who cannot afford them; and

Whereas, The cost of prescription medications, which have become crucial for maintaining good health, has increased dramatically in recent years and is an onerous burden on the uninsured creati...