Paying for medications can be a challenge when you have limited income. Customers who previously had prescriptions covered by Medicaid may be arriving at pharmacy pick-up counters only to find out that their Medicaid coverage is no longer active and there is a substantial cost for the critical medications they need, a release said.

An initiative launched by Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic and Rx Partnership allows recently disenrolled Medicaid recipients to transfer and receive their prescriptions for certain chronic care medications from a list of drugs provided to the clinic by Rx Partnership. A small donation is requested, but if the patient is unable to afford a donation, the medication is free, the clinic said.

“This program allows patients a medication bridge—giving them time to coordinate future medical care and prescriptions while not going without critical medications and possibly end up in the emergency room,” according to Amy Yarcich, Executive Director at Rx Partnersh...