Ms. Janis Williamson

We have been getting some calls from people, asking how they can compare prices when they do not know the base amount, said Janis Williamson, a medical health-care program analyst with the Agency for Healthcare Administration, which handles the program.One of the things we be talking about is a Web site where John Q. Citizen can go for that information..In the meantime, the agency encourages consumers to try to get prices and use the program to comparison shop -- although the pharmacists say that causes another problem.

According to Ms. Janis Williamson, the Medical Healthcare Program Analyst at the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration, "there's no formal application process for the program which automatically enrolls you if you meet all the criteria."