Get Lots of New Followers at The Friday Blog Hops! Fun!

To add your blog to the hops, click on the images and read the rules.
Have fun, get lots of new friends and followers!









Come join the fun! I have listed the places I'll be hopping today.

Can't Afford Your Medicine? get it Free with Patient Assistance Programs

If you are one of millions choosing between buying your medicine or
paying the electric bill, you need to know about this!

What are Patient/Prescription Assistance Programs?
Commonly referred to as PAPs, Patient Assistance Programs are services offered by pharmaceutical companies for those who cannot afford their medication. Patient assistance programs are available to low-income individuals or families who are under-insured or uninsured and are provided to those who meet the eligibility guidelines. Assistance may range from reduced cost of drugs to free medicine. Each drug that a company offers will have its own unique program and may even have a different eligibility requirement than the other drugs they offer. As there is no unified standard of designation for these programs, you may also see them referred to as medication assistance programs, indigent drug programs, and charitable drug programs.

Patient Assistance Programs are not mandated or managed by the federal government and are offered as a free service by the pharmaceutical industry. Nearly all of the major pharmaceutical companies provide specific programs for their most popular drugs. As each program is different, please take a look through the comprehensive database which allows you to search by drug or company name to find your medicines specific patient assistance program. Each profile will provide you with detailed information on how their specific program can assist you with your medication bill and what requirements are needed to qualify for assistance.

Don't give up
If you aren't eligible for a patient assistance program, don't give up hope. There are other ways to lower your prescription drug costs. Some companies market drug-discount cards that entitle you to breaks on prescription prices. In addition, major store chains offer low flat-rate prices for generic prescription drugs: Wal-Mart and Target have lists of prescriptions available for $4, as do Kroger and Safeway pharmacies.
Also, ask your doctor for free samples of any drugs prescribed.
Most physicians have closets full of them.

146 drugs (see the list here) which Walmart and Target sell as part of their Generic Drug Prescription Programs. Both Walmart and Target sell a 30-day supply of these for a flat $4,
and a 90-day supply for $10.
My husbands diabetes medicine (metformin) is on the $4 list!

Where to get help online:
Most of you will want to start with RxAssist
where you can connect with 1000's of PAP's.
My Daughter in Law was able to get her expensive pain meds,
morphine and oxycontin free through these programs.

National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) FREE
(203) 744-0100
(800) 999-6673
NORD works in conjunction with drug makers to offer free-medication assistance, including drugs to treat multiple sclerosis, Hodgkins lymphoma, narcolepsy, Crohn’s disease and many others. NORD administers the patient assistance programs for numerous medications. The Web site lists each program's separate contact information.

NeedyMeds.com FREE
NeedyMeds.com tracks patient assistance programs with lists by drug, manufacturer and program. There are also lists by state of programs that will help you with the paperwork, plus information on disease-based assistance and drug discount cards. There is no phone helpline.

Partnership for Prescription Assistance FREE
(888) 477-2669
The Web site helps you determine what assistance programs you may be eligible for by clicking on your medications and filling out a short eligibility form. PPARx also has online forms for doctors to use for patient applications.

RxAssist.org FREE
(401) 729-3284
RxAssist offers a database of patient assistance programs. You first register by answering a few questions, then search by drug name or by pharmaceutical company to locate programs.

Single Patient Investigational New Drug Program FREE
by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Patients who are in medical crisis may receive drugs that are not yet FDA-approved by having their doctor apply to the program. This program is for "emergency" or "compassionate" prescriptions. Doctors must first get permission from the drug manufacturer.

Twitter Hops, Blog Hops - Fun! get new Followers and Friends

I'll be hopping here today! Add Your Link Below.
Click the images (buttons)to join the Hops!

NEW Mid Week Mingle Blog Hop - get new friends and Followers! Have Fun!

Bipolar Girl has a new Blog Hop! I'll be hopping there
today.

NEW Mid Week Mingle Blog Hop

" Welcome to my NEW Mid Week Mingle Blog Hop!

This hop is featured on both of my blogs so now you can meet even more friends!

In case I didn't say this before, if you don't have a blog you can link your site, Facebook, etc. Whatever you want, it's all in fun☺"
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From Me:
What is a blog hop?
A blog hop is a list of blogs that will follow you back!
If you want more followers, this is a very fast way to
get them.
It's not enough just to list your blog at a hop and
then leave.
Go down the list, visit each one... if you like the
blog, follow them and leave a comment:
example:
Hi! I am a new follower from the blog hop.
Living Out Loud
http://lgreenss.blogspot.com/

This type comment allows the blog owner to quickly see who
has followed them and provides a quick link back to you so that
they can hop over and follow you back.
Over the course of the next few hours or days
everyone you followed and left a comment, will visit you and follow back!
And that, my friend, is how you grow a mighty blog following.

You can enter several hops a day, but it's best to
concentrate on one and connect with all the blogs
that are new to you.

Important: when you visit each blog, think "what can I give".
1. Tweet the best article
2. Follow them everywhere - Google Friend Connect, Networked Blogs, Twitter,
Facebook (hit the Like button), join the Blog Frog community if they have one
3. praise the things you like about the blog
4. and always, always comment
5. If they have a special event or post that you like, blog about it
6. if you don't have time to enter a good giveaway, Tweet about it
If you follow my advice, you can make some wonderful lifelong Friends!~
Happy Hopping!
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Mam to 3 Blessings has a HUGE Blog Hop going on now!

TUESDAY BLOG HOP

There are 182 blogs so far! click the link above to join the hop!

Blog Hops - Add Your Blog, get new Friends and Followers! Fun!

How it works:
Follow these steps to get the most out of blog hops.
1. click on the button (image) for each blog hop...
this will take you to the site hosting the hop.
2. read the rules for each hop.
3. list your blog - add your blog to the list and refresh the page to see your link.
4. visit other blogs listed on the hop
5. follow them and leave a comment with a link back to your blog
in the comment.
6. the more blogs you visit, follow and comment on, the more
friends and followers you will get from the hop.
This is for Family blogs, NOT business sites.

Today I'll be hopping here:

Welcome to Relax & Surf Sunday, with your hostesses The Life of Rylie...and Bryce too! and Shibley Smiles! This is a great blog hop for everyone to make new friends! You can find some new blogs to check out, and also get your blog out there and gain some new followers.

Here are the rules...

Wait, there are no rules! That is the whole point behind "Relax & Surf". We just want you to relax, and surf around as much as you want to. You don't have to make a post. You don't have to post our button. You don't even have to follow us. Of course we hope you like our blogs and will want to follow us, and we WILL follow back! Just add your blog to our linky at the bottom of this post, and visit as many blogs as you would like to. If you decide to follow a new blog, make sure you leave them a comment so they will know you are following them.

Each week we will randomly select one blog from the previous week's entries to be our featured blog for that week. If that blog happens to be yours, you will get a cute little button to display on your blog, and you will also get the #3 spot for that week!
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BLOG HOP #2:

It's simple to participate, here are the rules:

1. Please place the "Weekend Blog Hop" button in a blog post and/or on your blog somewhere. This lets us all know where to find each other!
2. Follow my blog.
3. Visit at least 2 blogs on this list.
4. Add your name/image to the linky list below so we can visit you back. I will be following everyone who posts.
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BLOG HOP #3

Psychedelic Sundays is a blog hop to let loose and chill out! No rules! But, if you want you can follow the hosts, and follow the person who linked before you, that way everyone makes a new friend! I hope you take a relaxing tripp to other blogs and enjoy!
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BLOG HOP #4

This blog hop will be up for 3 days! From Sunday the 19th-Wednesday the 22nd.
I will start a new blog hop every Sunday.
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BLOG HOP #5

Sunday Strolling is a Blog Hop! Add you link, grab a cup of coffee and start strolling.

Rules:
**♥Please follow the first link♥**
•How: Grab the button
•Now What: Start strolling
•Find An Interesting Place: Post comment and follow
•Remember:Follow who follows you it's just good Karma.

Adopt a Dog and Get Free Food for a Month - PEDIGREE

awww, ya gotta love this one!
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No Rent or Mortgage Payments - get rid of your mortgage

My Five Bedroom in ND - $500. plus repairs. (I agreed to live here and make repairs.
This price was not available to investors.) Yearly taxes are around $200. per year.

Did you know that you can buy an older home very cheap, make a few repairs
and never pay rent or mortgage payments again? You can afford upgrades
when you don't have mortgage payments. No bank can take your house.
All the money you would have wasted on realtor fees, points on a bank loan,
payments and interest on a 30 year mortgage can be spent on upgrades and repairs as needed,
then the rest of the savings can be saved for your retirement fund or used however you please.

Forget about using your home as an investment. Think about using your home as a place to live. If you have never owned a home, you don't need credit, real estate agents
or a bank mortgage to buy a home. Buy directly from the owners, pay cash or get a small interest free promissory note from the owners. example = I purchased a seven BR, 2 Bath
from the owner for $10,000. I put $1000. down and pay $200. per month for 3 and a half years, interest free. A free wood stove, $500. plumber, $269, hot water heater and now
I have a large home for my daughter and grandchildren to live in.

How to find a home you can afford. If you need a bank mortgage, you can't afford it.
Find a home that you can pay cash for and expect to make repairs weekly or monthly
out of your paychecks. Once repairs are complete, you can move in and enjoy.
No excuses. Do it. How?

Ways to find a home to live in:
craigslist - place a free ad in "Real Estate Wanted" section of craigslist for your state.
*** Be very specific about what you need. put $1000. as price and Wanted Old Home to Live In as the title. State that you need a house to live in,number of bedrooms, in the country or in town, state you are willing to make repairs and it's OK if the house has been vacant
for a while. Owners of second and third homes will be looking to cut expenses
by finding families to live in and repair houses that would otherwise go to waste.

North Dakota has thousands of vacant homes available. With millions of foreclosures
flooding the market many older homes have become burdens to the current owners,
too expensive to keep. If you already own a home and you marry a woman from another state who also owns a home, then you inherit Aunt Mary's old farm house, you might not be able to
afford extra taxes, electric bills and mowing fees. Aunt Mary's might need plumbing and roof repairs. You don't want her house to fall in, you loved her. What do you do?
You find a family who agrees to live in the house and make repairs and sell it cheap
before they change their mind.

Many owners will give you the property house and all.

Affording repairs: Hire local workers to do a side job.

The Roof: Hire local roofers to repair your
roof. Our local carpenter charged me $1000. to go over my huge roof on a 4 bedroom, 2 story and make all needed repairs. I had to buy some shingles and 2 sheets of plywood. I saved $18,000.
Plumbing: Any old house up north that has had the electric OFF in the winter will need new plumbing -
water pipes and a new hot water heater. Sears will deliver hot water heaters to rural areas.
My local plumber charged $500. for the whole house. A 55 gallon hot water heater was $269.
from Sears.
Electric: Hire a local electrician or trade one to come out and check wiring and install
new electrical box if needed. I purchased a 4 BR that had no electrical box. The electric
company had removed the old unsafe box and refused to turn on electric unless
a new box was installed. The seller had been told a new box wold cost $3,700.
plus the electrician fee. I found a local electrician who came out and installed a
new box for a total of $1,800.
Heating a large older home: Try a "Corn Burner" or "Flex Stove"
A good used one runs around $700. Cheaper, good for the enviornment and local farmers.
You can afford one.
New ones run around $1000.
The Basement: if the basement has failed and flooded move your electric box,
hot water heater and furnace upstairs, reinforce the foundation if needed and fill the basement with gravel and or rocky field dirt. Dig a pond in your back yard and use the dirt to fill
in the leaky old basement. I reinforced my foundation by filling blue plastic barrels with
gravel and stacking them into columns in the 8 ft crawlspace. Then hired a neighbor with a backhoe and bucket to dig a pond, which helped drain my property
and filled in the basement with the dirt from the pond. I got the barrels online for $15. each.
A contractor quoted $30,000. in basement repairs but my solution cost $500.

Finding a Home
I prefer homes that have not gone to the county or been sold at auction, but you can
try both. Get a list of available properties from your County Courthouse.... not properties
up for tax sale, you want the list that the County has already taken for back taxes and now offers for sale. They pass title free and clear for as little as $500. Check with city and county to make sure the home hasn't been condemned.

If you don't think you can afford a home look at these:
4 BR, $16,000. 2,844 finished square feet in this home, yearly taxes $288. more photos

Bid4Assets - $1 , no minimum, no reserve auctions.

Ebay Residential Real Estate - Ebay is a good place to find owner financing. You can bid on the down payment and then start making payments with out a bank or credit check. When you read a listing check to see if you are bidding on the purchase price or the down payment.

Tips for Buyers - Always visit the house before you purchase. Check with the City and County
to find liens or back taxes owed, and amount of yearly taxes. Check with utility company
to get an idea of average monthly bills. Make sure there is not going to be a problem getting
your water and electric turned on.

The time you invest in finding a mortgage free home is well worth it.
This is something everyone should do right after you cut up all your credit cards. Use your bank
debit card or a prepaid Visa to purchase online. Never spend money you don't have.
Please share your tips in comments.