Financial help resources

Here's the list posted here on MRF:

Financial Assistance

The following are options for financial assistance from government agencies, organizations and other programs that provide resources for cancer patients and their families.

• Patient Advocate Foundation – find assistance with insurance issues
• Government Benefits – find benefits you might be eligible for
• US Dept. of Health and Human Services – find free or reduced cost healthcare

If a patient has insurance but still can’t pay:

• PAN (Patient Access Network) Foundation  – a non-profit co-payment foundation 
• Patient Services Inc. – a non-profit premium and co-payment foundation
• The Healthwell Foundation – when health insurance is not enough

If patient does not have insurance:

• CancerCare

Travel Assistance

Though some airlines offer compassionate airfare, similar to bereavement airfare, the following organizations help people in need seek free air transportation to specialized health care facilities.

• Air Care Alliance
• Corporate Angel Network Inc.
• Mercy Medical Airlift
• The National Patient Travel Center

Medicare

Medicare is a government-sponsored health insurance program for people age 65 or older, some disabled people under age 65 and people of all ages with end-stage renal disease.

Melanoma Recordings

Listen to recordings of previous melanoma educational events.

Lodging Assistance

Many hotels near cancer centers and major healthcare facilities offer discounts to patients. Below is a list of housing resources for patients and their families when they travel for medical treatment. Please contact the treatment centers directly via their websites or toll-free numbers for more information.

• American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge – find a Hope Lodge in one of 22 states
• Dana-Farber Cancer
• Fox Chase Cancer Center (Philadelphia, PA)
• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, WA)
• Joe’s House (a nationwide lodging guide for cancer patients
• Johns Hopkins (Baltimore, MD)
• Mayo Clinic (Arizona, Florida and Minnesota)
• MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX)
• UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (Chapel Hill, NC)

Other folks may have additional options for you.  Yours, Celeste

Here's the list posted here on MRF:

Financial Assistance

The following are options for financial assistance from government agencies, organizations and other programs that provide resources for cancer patients and their families.

• Patient Advocate Foundation – find assistance with insurance issues
• Government Benefits – find benefits you might be eligible for
• US Dept. of Health and Human Services – find free or reduced cost healthcare

If a patient has insurance but still can’t pay:

• PAN (Patient Access Network) Foundation  – a non-profit co-payment foundation 
• Patient Services Inc. – a non-profit premium and co-payment foundation
• The Healthwell Foundation – when health insurance is not enough

If patient does not have insurance:

• CancerCare

Travel Assistance

Though some airlines offer compassionate airfare, similar to bereavement airfare, the following organizations help people in need seek free air transportation to specialized health care facilities.

• Air Care Alliance
• Corporate Angel Network Inc.
• Mercy Medical Airlift
• The National Patient Travel Center

Medicare

Medicare is a government-sponsored health insurance program for people age 65 or older, some disabled people under age 65 and people of all ages with end-stage renal disease.

Melanoma Recordings

Listen to recordings of previous melanoma educational events.

Lodging Assistance

Many hotels near cancer centers and major healthcare facilities offer discounts to patients. Below is a list of housing resources for patients and their families when they travel for medical treatment. Please contact the treatment centers directly via their websites or toll-free numbers for more information.

• American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge – find a Hope Lodge in one of 22 states
• Dana-Farber Cancer
• Fox Chase Cancer Center (Philadelphia, PA)
• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, WA)
• Joe’s House (a nationwide lodging guide for cancer patients
• Johns Hopkins (Baltimore, MD)
• Mayo Clinic (Arizona, Florida and Minnesota)
• MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX)
• UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (Chapel Hill, NC)

Other folks may have additional options for you.  Yours, Celeste

Here's the list posted here on MRF:

Financial Assistance

The following are options for financial assistance from government agencies, organizations and other programs that provide resources for cancer patients and their families.

• Patient Advocate Foundation – find assistance with insurance issues
• Government Benefits – find benefits you might be eligible for
• US Dept. of Health and Human Services – find free or reduced cost healthcare

If a patient has insurance but still can’t pay:

• PAN (Patient Access Network) Foundation  – a non-profit co-payment foundation 
• Patient Services Inc. – a non-profit premium and co-payment foundation
• The Healthwell Foundation – when health insurance is not enough

If patient does not have insurance:

• CancerCare

Travel Assistance

Though some airlines offer compassionate airfare, similar to bereavement airfare, the following organizations help people in need seek free air transportation to specialized health care facilities.

• Air Care Alliance
• Corporate Angel Network Inc.
• Mercy Medical Airlift
• The National Patient Travel Center

Medicare

Medicare is a government-sponsored health insurance program for people age 65 or older, some disabled people under age 65 and people of all ages with end-stage renal disease.

Melanoma Recordings

Listen to recordings of previous melanoma educational events.

Lodging Assistance

Many hotels near cancer centers and major healthcare facilities offer discounts to patients. Below is a list of housing resources for patients and their families when they travel for medical treatment. Please contact the treatment centers directly via their websites or toll-free numbers for more information.

• American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge – find a Hope Lodge in one of 22 states
• Dana-Farber Cancer
• Fox Chase Cancer Center (Philadelphia, PA)
• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, WA)
• Joe’s House (a nationwide lodging guide for cancer patients
• Johns Hopkins (Baltimore, MD)
• Mayo Clinic (Arizona, Florida and Minnesota)
• MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX)
• UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (Chapel Hill, NC)

Other folks may have additional options for you.  Yours, Celeste

Frannie:

I recommend you contac the MRF Help Line. It is staffed by oncology social workers and most of the calls they get relate to psycho-social issues, including inquiries about financial assistance. They have excellent contacts with a wide variety of other organizations.  Here are the details:

To reach the helpline, please call 1-877-MRF-6460 (1-877-673-6460) Monday through Thursday, from 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. and Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Eastern Time.

Tim–MRF

Frannie:

I recommend you contac the MRF Help Line. It is staffed by oncology social workers and most of the calls they get relate to psycho-social issues, including inquiries about financial assistance. They have excellent contacts with a wide variety of other organizations.  Here are the details:

To reach the helpline, please call 1-877-MRF-6460 (1-877-673-6460) Monday through Thursday, from 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. and Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Eastern Time.

Tim–MRF

Frannie:

I recommend you contac the MRF Help Line. It is staffed by oncology social workers and most of the calls they get relate to psycho-social issues, including inquiries about financial assistance. They have excellent contacts with a wide variety of other organizations.  Here are the details:

To reach the helpline, please call 1-877-MRF-6460 (1-877-673-6460) Monday through Thursday, from 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. and Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Eastern Time.

Tim–MRF