Rich of Trumbull, Connecticut, counts on generic medicine to stay healthy in his 70’s. “There’s no question in my mind that generics work,” he says. “The doctor explained it was a generic I would be taking, it was no different than the brand and it would be much cheaper. So I said, ‘go for it!’” Rich is just one of millions of patients helped every day by the members of the Association of Accessible Medicines, formerly the Generic Pharmaceutical Association.