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By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM --- Town officials are thrilled with the savings coming in under the new Town of Putnam Prescription Discount Card program.
In place since March, the discount card allows residents to save on their prescriptions.
It's a national program that the town signed up for under the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities.
Town Administrator Douglas M. Cutler said one discount card was mailed to every household last year.
From March through November, Cutler said, there were 641 claims and 222 cards were used.
Card users saved 55 percent on their prescriptions. In dollars, residents saved almost $27,000 on their prescriptions.
The numbers weren't available for December, but since starting last March, there's been a consistent rise in claims and savings.
Cutler said the program is not just for Putnam residents, nor is it just for pharmacies located in Putnam.
He said the program is open to all. "You don't have to live here or use it here," he said.
Cards are still available, he said, at the Putnam Public Library, the Town Hall, the Town Clerk's office and the Mayor's office.
"I didn't expect these numbers," Cutler said. "And I would encourage more people to use it," he added.