Thousands of Missourians are about to be cut from prescription drug program
JEFFERSON CITY
More than 60,000 elderly Missourians got a letter from the state last month informing them they were about to be cut off from a program that had helped them pay for prescription drugs.
Marjorie Prunty, 74, of Platte County, remembers what she thought when her letter arrived.
“I’m going to die.”
In May, state lawmakers voted to save $15 million in the state’s $27 billion budget by cutting a state program called
MORx.
Those earning between 85 percent and 185 percent of the federal poverty level, or up to about $22,000 a year for an individual, had previously qualified for MORx, which covered 50 percent of out-of-pocket prescription drug costs.
Now those 63,000 people — including more than 6,000 in Jackson County alone — are no longer eligible.
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