CVS Caremark Corp said Monday it is offering discounts of about 30% on fertility treatments to couples struggling with infertility and high medication costs.
The programme is aimed at patients who do not have fertility medication health insurance coverage or who have exhausted their benefits for fertility medications.
CVS said about 7.3 million US women and their partners, or about 12% of the reproductive-age population, are affected by infertility, citing data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"On average patients will receive about 30% off for the cost of their medication," said Joan O'Rourke, vice president of strategic operations at CVS Caremark Specialty Pharmacy.
Patients must pay a $10 fee to enroll in the programme, which includes services such as counselling and education.
While the programme was launched in February, CVS is promoting it at the American Society of Reproductive Medicine's annual meeting this week.
Under a separate plan launched Sunday, shoppers can get 90-day prescriptions for more than 400 common generic medications for $9.99 each at CVS drugstores when they pay an annual fee of $10.
About 45.7 million Americans were uninsured in 2007, according to the Census Bureau.
By Jessica Wohl, Reuters.
