Ginzler: Help With Keeping Rx Costs Down

Elinor Ginzler is a national expert on independent living and aging issues. She currently serves as AARP's lead spokesperson on caregiving, housing, and mobility issues, including older drivers' safety.

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The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists suggests ways to save money on prescription drugs and questions to ask your doctor about medications. Visit ASCP at www.medsandaging.org. Also, specially trained geriatric trained pharmacists are listed at www.ccgp.org.

To find AARP's Wise Use Medication Page and a smorgasbord of resources, tools, information, books, and articles, including one I wrote titled "Helping Loved Ones With Meds," visit www.aarp.org/usingmeds.

For additional background information on AARP's Doughnut Hole Calculator, go to "New AARP Calculator May Help You Avoid the Doughnut Hole."