While Congress Deadlocks on Healthcare, Free Rating Service Promises Affordable Medications

As the federal government falters on healthcare reform and the recession swells the ranks of the uninsured and threatens Medicare, a new free service guides average consumers to significant healthcare savings.

Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) June 9, 2009 -- With Congressmen sparring over the prospect of universal healthcare legislation and the Obama administration unable to fully engage in the issue because of economic and security exigencies, medical coverage remains beyond the means of increasing numbers of consumers affected by the recession. Amid this, a new rating and information service at the website DeepDrugDiscounts.com offers hope by directing patients to prescription drug discounts of up to 95%.

According to a recent report by researchers at U.C. Berkeley, about 3.7 million working-age adults have already lost health insurance due to the recession. Couple this with the Obama administration's announcement that the recession has so sapped Medicare that funds are expected to run out by 2017, and the outlook for legions of Americans looks increasingly grim. Simultaneously, as indicated by the Milliman Medical Index released this May, healthcare costs are continuing to rise apace. In remarks last Tuesday, President Obama highlighted the issue, asserting that "soaring healthcare costs are unsustainable for families, they are unsustainable for businesses, and they are unsustainable for governments...at the federal, state, and local levels".

The situation has led many to the Internet in search of discounts. Google statistics uncovered with its Keyword Tool show close to two million searches for the term "online pharmacy" by Americans this April. The current glut of online pharmacies, however, has overwhelmed some patients, and their efforts to track down discount prescription drugs while verifying the trustworthiness and legality of the sites they visit are often confounded by unscrupulous marketing tactics.

In an attempt to address these problems, the staff of a consumer-friendly website named DeepDrugDiscounts.com has established a free online pharmacy rating and information service. The site's team has evaluated a large number of online pharmacies and ranked those they consider to exhibit the highest quality using a familiar one-to-five-star rating system in addition to detailing their shortcomings and strengths. According to Director of Public Relations Luke Jones, "all of the rated sites were vetted for legality and evidence of physician support" before being listed on the site.

The site has begun to hear from followers in the past few weeks. Jones reports that one appreciative user e-mailed the webmaster saying "I haven't paid that little for a bottle of pills since the '60s".

For additional information on the subject of this release, contact DeepDrugDiscounts.com Director of Public Relations Luke Jones or visit www.deepdrugdiscounts.com.

About DeepDrugDiscounts.com:
DeepDrugDiscounts.com is a free Web resource that helps consumers locate the most professional and cost-effective discount prescription drug stores on the Internet. Using its rating and information service, visitors can save up to 95% on medications by purchasing from legal, physician-supported online pharmacies.

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