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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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Expert Bonnie Bajorek Daneker wrote The Compassionate Caregiver's Guide to Caring for Someone With Cancer.
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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