Cattaraugus County Saves Residents More than $200,000 with ProAct Prescription Discount Card

The ProAct Prescription Discount Card Program is designed to provide individuals with little or no prescription coverage access to affordable medications. Since Cattaraugus County implemented the discount card back in May of 2012, residents have collectively filled more than 3,700 prescriptions and saved more than $200,000.

By working closely with ProAct, Cattaraugus County joined the growing list of counties across the country that have been able to provide their residents, regardless of age, income, or existing health care coverage, access to affordable prescriptions. Every resident in the county is eligible to utilize the program. The discount card cannot be used in conjunction with any form of insurance to discount co-pays or deductibles. All prescriptions are eligible for a discount, including some pet medications.

On average, residents can expect to see savings ranging from 10-20% on name brand medications and 20-70% on generic medications. Simply present the discount card at your local pharmacy when filling your prescription to start saving. To ensure the discount card is accepted at your local pharmacy, or if you would like to price out your medications, please visit www.NYRxDiscountCard.com. You can also contact the ProAct Help Desk at 1-877-776-2285.

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NYGOP Responds to Cuomo's Commission on Tax Reform

ALBANY, NY... Since Andrew Cuomo took office nearly three years ago, Republicans have called for tax reform again and again and again and again and again.

Today, the Governor announced a commission to investigate ways to cut taxes in New York State, co-chaired by former Governor George Pataki and former Comptroller Carl McCall.

NYGOP Chair Ed Cox released the following statement:

"After the 2009 taxpayer-driven Republican victories across New York, Andrew Cuomo campaigned on our issues of tax caps in 2010. With another campaign on the horizon, the Governor is finally moving to do what needs to be done for the taxpayers of New York State: tax reform.

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RNC Launches ObamaCareCosts Campaign

Posted September 4, 2013 from GOP.com

WASHINGTON – Leading up to the major ObamaCare implementation milestone on October 1, the Republican National Committee is launching a month-long awareness campaign to show all Americans the costs of ObamaCare—and to show those who are hardest-hit that they are not alone.

A new website, ObamaCareCosts.org, will provide voters with state-specific facts on ObamaCare and the latest news on the implementation train wreck—information they can use to hold Democrats accountable for the disastrous law in 2014.

Each week the RNC will release a video of real news stories highlighting the costs of ObamaCare to Americans around the country. This week’s video, “ObamaCare Costs: Colorado,” shows the difficult choice facing Coloradans: going into debt or paying a fine in order to comply with ObamaCare.

The RNC has also launched a petition page to let voters make their voices heard. Throughout the month, the RNC will continue spotlighting local news stories about ObamaCare costs and promote the campaign through surrogate and media affairs operations. Americans can join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #ObamaCosts.

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Can Andrew Cuomo kick-start upstate?

In case you missed it, this great piece by Joe Spector in Saturday's Rochester Democrat and Chronicle outlined the difficulties Andrew Cuomo is facing in promoting economic growth upstate.

Jobs and citizens are leaving upstate in droves. According to the article, Gov. Cuomo is,

"facing criticism as he seeks re-election next year as to whether his plan can rebuild an upstate economy that has struggled for decades with a decline in manufacturing jobs and population loss. His poll numbers have dropped considerably upstate this year, particularly in the wake of a gun-control law passed in January."

NYGOP Chair Ed Cox added, "What you need is to cut taxes across the board and let the free markets work rather than having government control over the program."

Check out the whole story below, and be sure to use the links above and to the left to share this with your friends.

Can Andrew Cuomo kick-start upstate?

By Joseph Spector, The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, August 10, 2013

ALBANY - Gov. Andrew Cuomo has made more than 75 trips to upstate and the New York City suburbs this year as he promotes his agenda, particularly ways to boost the economy. That's more trips than all of last year.

Yet the economy remains his most daunting challenge, even as unemployment figures show signs of improvement.

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GOP:- Dem hikes risk tax reform

from www.thehill.com
By Bernie Becker
GOP senators are signaling that tax reform is a lost cause until Democrats give up their push for higher taxes.

A number of them have given the chamber’s two top tax writers no suggestions for tax breaks to be retained, and several top Republican senators said they don’t plan to.

It is a clear sign that many GOP senators agree with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who this week said he did not think a major overhaul would get done.

The stumbling block for Republicans is their belief that Democrats will insist that higher revenues be included in any reform bill.

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McCain: Obama’s credibility ‘at stake’ amid IRS, DOJ probes

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Monday said that President Obama’s “credibility is obviously at stake” amid a trio of controversies, and urged the president to do more to address them and restore public confidence.

“We have a lot of things that he needs to lead on, and if he’s mired in these scandals, it’s going to be difficult for him to do that,” said McCain on CBS’s “This Morning.”

“Far be it for me to give advice to the president of the United States, but you may remember after Iran Contra Ronald Reagan went on national television and said ‘I’m responsible, we’ve done wrong and I’m responsible,’ said McCain. “I’m not saying the president should do that, but the president I think should be thinking about how to get these issues behind him.”

The White House is facing congressional anger over the IRS scandal involving targeting of conservative groups, as well as the Justice Department’s seizure of reporters’ phone and email records in leak investigations and persistent questions over the administration’s handling of the Benghazi.

In a separate interview on NBC’s “Today” show, McCain addressed the IRS scandal and would not rule out the possibility that the targeting was directed from superiors at IRS headquarters in Washington, D.C., a charge leveled by House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)

“I think that’s the reason why we need to have hearings, maybe even a select committee may be called for given the questions surrounding this investigation,” said McCain.

“I think we ought to wait and see how events unfold,” he added. “There may be an argument for a special counsel here, but let’s wait and see.”

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News from The Hill

House Oversight chair rips White House on blown deadline The White House’s regulatory office is neglecting its duties to inform Congress and the public about plans to enact new federal rules, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee contends.

In a letter shared with The Hill on Thursday, Rep. Darrell Issa (D-Calif.) demands information from newly installed White House budget director Sylvia Mathews Burwell about plans to issue its regulatory agenda.

Burwell oversees the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), which is charged with compiling a list of proposed rules from federal agencies in a Unified Agenda, typically made public in spring and fall.

Last year, the agenda was not released until December, prompting criticism from Republicans who suggested the administration was withholding its rulemaking agenda for political reasons.

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