Union Plus Launches Online Health Care Help

by Mike Hall, Aug 4, 2009

The just-launched Union Plus Health Care site helps union members save on health care costs and provides consumer advice for better health-related decisions.

The new Union Plus Health Care site includes:

• Updated Union Plus programs, including a free prescription card.

• Links to information for health-related financial hardship.

• Top 10 health-related websites.

• AFL-CIO health care legislative reform updates.

Here’s a look at some of the specific benefits.

You can save up to 40 percent on prescription drugs at participating pharmacies with the free Union Plus Prescription Card. Click here.

Union Plus offers several other savings plans, including vision care, hearing care, dental care, physician and hospital care and a new hospital negotiator advice feature. Check them out here.

You also have access to a discounted subscription to ConsumerReportsHealth.org, an online health-focused site featuring expert and unbiased health facts, including treatment ratings, a symptom checker and the latest health product ratings. Click here.

The new Union Plus health care site also gives you free access to Consumer Reports’ Best Buy Drugs that compares over 200 prescription drugs on price, effectiveness, alternatives, recommendations and safety to help consumers and their doctors identify the most effective and affordable medicines. Click here for more information.

In case you are wondering why Union Plus has linked up with the folks at Consumer Reports, there is a union connection. ConsumerReportsHealth.org is published by Consumers Union, a nonprofit organization that accepts no outside advertising, no free test samples, and has no agenda other than the interests of consumers. Testers and writers at Consumers Union are represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA).

The new Union Plus Health Care site also offers information about the Union Plus SAFE Hospital Care Grants program that provides money to eligible union members with high hospital expenses. Qualifying individuals also must be enrolled in the Union Plus credit card, mortgage, or insurance programs. Click here.

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