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Gloucester County residents will soon be eligible for discounts on prescription drugs, hearing and vision exams, eyeglasses, diabetic supplies and more through a new county program starting Monday.

There will be no income criteria to be eligible for the discounts. It will be available to all residents simply by obtaining a card.

The program offers discounts from 10 percent to 50 percent off prescription drug costs, discounts on eye exams and corrective materials, up to 50 percent discounts on hearing aids, reductions on mail-order diabetic supplies, and 30 percent discount on the annual cost of buying a dental discount plan.

The program will be administered through the Gloucester County Department of Health. For more information or to obtain the necessary card, go to the county's Web site www.gloucestercountynj.gov or by call the Gloucester County Department of Health at (856) 218-4101.