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The Emergency Pres​cription Assistance Program


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[Video begins with an interview with Captain Mick Cote, Federal Health Coordinating Official, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.]

Mick Cote: EPAP is the emergency prescription assistance program. It’s a joint partnership between FEMA and the Department of Health and Human Services to provide much-needed medications and equipment for those that may have lost medications and durable medical equipment during a disaster.

[The video concludes with a non-descript background followed by the Department of Health and Human Services logo, caption and voice-over narrative, “Produced at U.S. taxpayer expense by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.”]