The Brief
- Advocate Health and the Dispensary of Hope provide free medications to uninsured patients, addressing health disparities and ensuring access to essential care.
- Eligible hospital patients can receive free prescriptions for up to 90 days upon discharge, with medications delivered by mail the next day.
- The program aims to improve health outcomes, particularly for South Side patients, many of whom face significant health challenges and shorter life expectancies.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Advocate Health and the Dispensary of Hope are tackling health disparities by providing free prescription medications to uninsured hospital patients upon discharge, ensuring critical access to care for those facing financial difficulties.
The program offers a lifeline to patients who would otherwise be forced to decide between paying for their prescription or providing for their family. This financial burden often causes community members to skip their medications or avoid filling them altogether.
Advocate Health is working to bridge that gap by sending lifesaving prescriptions directly to patients’ doorsteps—for free.…