Help paying for chemo if you don't qualify for Medicare or Medicaid?
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Last updated: Mar 25, 2011
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Is there any help (medical or financial) for someone to continue their chemotherapy treatments when they do not qualify for Medicare or Medicaid?
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Bonnie Bajorek Daneker is author and creator of the The Compassionate Caregiver's Series, which includes "The Compassionate Caregiver's Guide to Caring for Someone...
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The first organization I'd suggest contacting is called Partnership for Prescription Assistance. Their contact info is:The drug companies that make chemo drugs offer two ways to cut the cost of chemotherapy: clinical trials and patient assistance programs. Clinical trials are the tests companies run to assess new drugs and drug regimens against established drugs. If you participate in a clinical trial, it is one way to get chemo drugs for free or reduced cost.
888-477-2669
Drug companies also run programs called Patient Assistance programs, also called indigent patient programs, which have been developed to assist low-income, high-need families get started on a chemo program. Each requires an application with demonstration of need. You can start by contacting these companies:
Bristol Myers Squibb
800-444-4106
Eli Lilly Patient Assistance Lillly Cares Program
800-545-6962
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Patient Assistance Program
800-568-9938
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