The Fineprint
List of Disease-Specific Financial Aid Resources
This section has all the resources for you to apply for healthcare financial aid if you have a diagnosed disease and need help paying for your bills, treatments, and medication. For a lot of grants given to medical patients, they require documentation for a medical diagnosis, so be sure to read through what is required and if your diagnosis is eligible for the fund.
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Disease Specific Financial Aid
The HealthWell Foundation
Click here to access the website
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This foundation gives financial assistance to those are diagnosed with a disease that has an available grant on the website. Specifically, the funds that you get from your application go towards one treatment or medication for your disease.
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To know of your eligibility, you have to go through a questionnaire that is on their home screen.
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Those who are able to apply for grants must have the following qualities:
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Is insured with a form of health insurance
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Has a disease that has an available grant on the website
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Is going through a specific treatment
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Has an income of 500% below the Federal Poverty Line
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Receiving treatment within United States territories
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The PAN Foundation
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The PAN Foundation provides grants for individuals with specific diseases and medication needs.
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When you are looking for a grant, you have to look through their lists of “Disease Funds” and scroll until you find yours.
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This may be a tricky application process if your grant contains a waitlist, meaning that you would have to create an account first and then wait until you receive an email walking you through the next steps.
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This organization offers both online and phone-call applications, allowing you to customize your experience in order to maximize your chances at earning your grant.
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For many of these applications, you must receive treatment in the United States (citizenship is not a requirement) AND you must have government-insured health coverage such as Medicare, Medicaid, or TRICARE. You must also have an income that falls at or below 500% of the Federal Poverty Level.
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Some documents that must be provided include the following:
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Your diagnosis and medications
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Your healthcare provider’s contact information, including name, and phone number
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Your health insurance carrier name and insurance member ID
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Your contact information (email and social security number)
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Accessia Health
Click here to access the website.
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Accessia Health is an organization that offers grants with varying eligibility requirements.
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Some grants do not require you to have insurance, so this may be a good resource to check out if you are not insured.
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They offer medical assistance for varying diseases and treatments, and they even offer assistance if you need to travel to receive healthcare.
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When you get to their website, scroll to find the “Get Started” button underneath the “Get financial help” section
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Then, click the button that says “Patient Programs” and scroll to the bottom of the page where you see a list of diseases that have grants for them.
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Legal Assistance
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Accessia Health also provides legal assistance for disability and social security
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You can call their number at 888-700-7010
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If you have questions about social security disability, its application process, and the benefits you get from it, then you can call to connect with an attorney that can help you
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Currently, Accessia Health’s attorneys can provide help for the following:
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Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
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Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
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Hemophilia and other related Bleeding Disorders
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Primary Immune Deficiency
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Pulmonary Fibrosis
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