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Rite Aid Expands List Of Generic Medications Available At Significant Cost Savings With Free Rite Aid Rx Savings Card

Rite Aid Customers Have a Choice of 30-day Supply of More Than 500 Generic Drugs for $8.99 or90-day Supply for $15.99; 30-day Supply of Select Generic Oral Contraceptives for $19.99 Also Offered

Free Card Offers a 20% Discount on All Other Generic and Brand Prescriptions Including Viagra, Levitra, Cialis, Propecia, Chantix, Lipitor, Plavix, and Yaz

Camp Hill, PA (Nov. 13, 2008) - Rite Aid today expanded the list of generic medications to more than 500 available at significant savings through its free RX Savings Card. The card, which requires no membership fee and is free to anyone who enrolls, offers significant savings on more than 10,000 prescription drugs at all Rite Aid drugstores nationwide. It also provides an immediate 10% discount on more than 3,200 Rite Aid brand products, including 1,500 over-the-counter medications.

"The Rite Aid RX Savings Card offers the best overall value to our uninsured patients, those without coverage for certain drugs and those who have reached their benefit limits," said Bill Wolfe, Rite Aid group vice president, pharmacy. "In just a few months, members have already saved over $15 million on their prescriptions, over-the-counter medicines and Rite Aid Brand items that are already a value over national brands."

Cards can be obtained at any Rite Aid store nationwide. Card benefits are effective as soon as the application is completed and turned into a Rite Aid pharmacy. Benefits of the free card include:

• Access to more than 500 generic medications at $8.99 for a 30-day supply or $15.99 for a 90-day supply for each prescription;
• A 20% discount on all other generic medications and brand drug prescriptions;
• A 20% discount on flu shots and other immunizations by Rite Aid pharmacists (availability based on state regulations);
• A 30-day supply of select generic oral contraceptives for $19.99; and
• A 10% savings on more than 3,200 Rite Aid brand products, which include more than 1,500 over-the-counter medications

"Many Americans are without health insurance, even though they may be steadily employed. Combine that with the increasing cost of living in general, and there is a serious need for a card like this to help people maintain access to their most important healthcare needs and medications," said Wolfe. "That's why our list of 30 and 90 day generics at $8.99 and $15.99 cuts across most therapeutic categories and includes some of the most widely used generic drugs such as the common antibiotics amoxicillin and cephalexin, amlodipine or simvastatin to treat cardiovascular conditions, loratadine for allergies, ranitidine for gastrointestinal conditions, and sertraline which is an antidepressant."

Customers can get a list of the medications covered by the Rite Aid RX Savings Card at any Rite Aid pharmacy. The card can be used for prescriptions for any member in a family, including pets, but cannot be used in conjunction with prescription insurance. Those receiving benefits from publicly funded health care programs are ineligible.

Patients using the card also receive a 20% discount on flu shots and immunizations given directly by Rite Aid pharmacists. Currently more than 1,300 Rite Aid pharmacists at over 1,000 Rite Aid stores across the country are specially trained to give immunizations including influenza, pneumonia, tetanus, hepatitis A and B and others to patients age 11 or older (patients must be age 18 or older in some states) all year. For additional information on pharmacies that offer year-round immunizations, visit www.riteaid.com. (Discount does not apply to immunizations given at walk-in medical clinics or flu clinics operated by other than Rite Aid pharmacists in some Rite Aid stores.)

Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) is one of the nation's leading drugstore chains with more than 4,900 stores in 31 states and the District of Columbia with fiscal 2008 annual sales of more than $24.3 billion. Information about Rite Aid, including corporate background and press releases, is available through the company's website at http://www.riteaid.com.

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