WEALTH IN HEALTH: AMAR’S STORY After 28 years as a bus driver for a national transportation company, last year Amar was diagnosed with a rare debilitating illness. His extensive treat - ment program requires him to take daily prescription medications most of which are covered by the National IAM Benefit Trust Fund’s prescription drug program with CVS Caremark. However, Amar also requires certain specialty treatments that cost him over $800 per month out-of-pocket for his physi - cian to administer. Looking forward to retirement in just a few short years, Amar is concerned that the cost to maintain his special - ized treatments will deplete his savings and he will be forced to delay his retirement. The addi - tion of the PrudentRx specialty medication copay program to the Benefit Trust Fund offerings could help Amar reduce his out- of-pocket costs for specialty medications drastically and allow him to continue full speed ahead on his retirement journey. PrudentRx is integrated with CVS specialty pharmacies and is designed to simplify the often-complex process of accessing and uti- lizing specialty medication while reducing or eliminating the out-of-pocket costs for these medications. Because Amar’s specialty treat- ments are included on PrudentRx’s approved drug list, he was automatically enrolled in the program. A PrudentRx representative worked with Amar and his drug manufacturers to provide copay assistance and reduce Amar’s out-of-pocket cost for specialty treatments from over $800 a month to $0. In its first few months of availability, the PrudentRx program saved Benefit Trust Fund participants over $24,000 in out-of-pocket costs. With the cost of his specialty treatments now fully covered under the Benefit Trust Fund’s PrudentRx pro - gram, Amar no longer worries about his health issues throwing his retirement journey off track. 05 “THE COST OF MY SPECIALTY MEDICATIONS IS DEPLETING MY SAVINGS AND THREATENING MY RETIREMENT.”