FINANCIAL
SUPPORT TOPICS
Resources
| Insurance
| Drug Payment Support | Travel
for Treatment
The
goal of this page is to list resources and provide general guidance
for patients with cancer who need financial assistance.
"Cancer can have a devastating
financial impact on survivors and their families. Two types of
expenses are associated with cancer care: 1) direct medical costs and
2) related non-medical expenses such as travel to and from treatment,
child care, housekeeping assistance, and home care products."
NCCS
Step one: Go to your local hospital and contact a social worker!
Step two: Contact one or more of the organizations listed below.
News: Co-Pay
Relief Program (CPR) Foundation Beginning Feb. 1, 2006
The CPR will provide direct financial support to those insured
patients, including new Medicare part D beneficiaries, diagnosed with
Lymphoma. Patients must financially and medically qualify to
access co-payment assistance. toll-free at 866-512-3861
News Items
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Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - CO-PAY assistance
program www.LLS.org/copay
| 877 557-2672
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| Families find ways to ease the financial pain of catastrophic illness
By Alison Bert thejournalnews.com
Medical problems contribute to half of all bankruptcies,
according to a 2005
study by researchers at Harvard Law School and Harvard Medical
School.
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Organizations
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Comprehensive
list: Financial Resources for People with Cancer cancer.gov
Cancer Treatment | Practical Needs | Other Resources
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American Cancer
Society
Telephone: (800) 227–2345
(800) ACS–2345
www.cancer.org |
Cancer Care, Inc.
275 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10001
(800) 813-HOPE (4673)
www.cancercare.org |
Cancer
for College
awards college scholarships to cancer
survivors
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National Association
of Community Health Centers, Inc.
1330 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Suite 122
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 659-8008
www.nachc.com |
Needy Meds
(334) 662-0023
www.needymeds.com |
NCI’s Cancer
Information Services
Financial
Resources for People With Cancer cancer.gov
(800) 4-CANCER (422-6237)
www.nci.nih.gov
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| Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society
(800) 955–4572
www.leukemia.org
CO-PAY assistance
program
www.LLS.org/copay
| (877) 557-2672
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Patient
Aid Grant Program Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF)
"LRF's Patient Aid Program provides
grants of up to $500, to be used within six months, for
quality of life expenses during treatment. Patients can
be reimbursed for child care, travel-related costs incurred
while obtaining treatment, medical aids and devices, education
and support meetings, and cosmetic aids and hygiene products
not covered by insurance. Patients who are U.S.
citizens, currently receiving treatment for lymphoma, in
financial need, may apply. If you have questions or would like
an application to be mailed to you, please provide a complete
mailing address. Please contact LRF at (800) 500-9976 or
email" Helpline. |
Patient Advocate
Foundation
Co-Pay
Relief Program (CPR) Foundation Beginning Feb. 1, 2006,
The CPR will provide direct financial support to those insured
patients, including new Medicare part D beneficiaries,
diagnosed with Lymphoma. Patients must financially and
medically qualify to access co-payment assistance.
toll-free at 866-512-3861
Search: patientadvocate.org
E-mail help@patientadvocate.org.
Phone: (800) 532-5274
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| Department of
Veterans Affairs
Department of Federal Benefits for Veterans
and Dependants
(800) 827-1000
The Uniform Benefits Package
Enrollment Service Center
(877) 222-VETS (8387)
www.va.gov
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Social Security
Administration (SSA)
Telephone: (800) 772–1213
TTY (for deaf and hard of hearing callers):
(800) 325–0778
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Disability Rights Legal Center
provides free and confidential information
and resources on cancer-related legal issues to people with
cancer, their families, friends, employers, health care
professionals, and others coping with cancer
CRLC
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| Health Care
Options for Uninsured Patients in Pennsylvania healthassociates.com |
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