To assist you in making informed decisions regarding your health care, health insurance plans, prescription drug costs, and saving money, Health Champion provides the following links:
Medicare:
- Medicare Rights Center (nonprofit advocate) www.medicarerights.org or 1-800-333-4114
- Center for Medicare Advocacy Inc. (nonprofit in Mansfield) www.medicareadvocacy.org
Wellbeing:
- Food and Drug Administration www.fda.gov (up-to-date consumer resources and information on drugs/food)
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov (wide variety of info)
- www.healthlinks.net (wide variety of general info by directory)
Deciding Where to Get Treatment:
- National Cancer Institute www.cancer.gov
- American Cancer Society www.cancer.org
- National Associate of Insurance Commissioners www.naic.org (info about insurance)
- Health Resources and Service Administration www.hrsa.gov/help (search tools to find health centers for the uninsured, poison control centers, etc.)
Saving Money:
- Aetna Student Health (get wellbeing discounts/incentives from your health plan, use their free online tools) www.aetnastudenthealth.com
- Medicare (online tools, like a Plan Finder) www.medicare.gov and 1-800-633-4227 (Medicare help line)
- State health insurance counseling program www.shiptalk.org or 1-800-677-1116 (Eldercare locator)
- AARP www.aarphealthcare.com/medicare (aarp discounts) (AARP also has Rx savings)
- American Dental Association www.ada.org (search for dental schools to receive cheaper care by dentist-supervised students)
- Similar federal funded programs: www.nidcr.nih.gov (click on Finding Dental Care)
Saving Money on Prescription Drugs:
- AZ and Me www.azandme.com (save money on AstraZeneca Rxs for uninsured or Medicare enrollees eligible for Low-Income Subsidy)
- GSK Access www.gsk-access.com (save money on GlaxoSmithKline Rxs if you're Medicare Part D and have spent $600 on medicine, if not eligible for Low-Income Subsidy)
- Bridges to Access www.bridgestoaccess.com (save money on GlaxoSmithKline Rxs if you're non-Medicare patient or Medicare patient without Rx drug coverage / not eligible for Low-Income Subsidy)
- LillyMedicare Answers Program www.lillymedicareanswers.com (free meds for Medicare Part D participants, not dual-eligible, at or below specified % of the FPL and denied for Low-Income Subsidy; discount for Forteo if non-Medicare patient)
- Merck Patient Assistance Program www.merck.com/merckhelps/patientassistance/ (free Rx drugs for people without prescription drug coverage and income of 400% or less than FPL)
- Merck Prescription Discount Program www.merck.com/merckhelps/uninsured/home.html (discounts for uninsured)
- Pfizer Pfriends www.pfizerhelpfulanswers.com (discounts for uninsured)
- Pharmacy Reward www.pharmacyreward.com/needymeds/index.cfm (savings for anyone)
- Rx Help for You www.rxhelpforyou.com (savings for anyone)
- Together Rx Access Card www.togetherrxaccess.com (savings for anyone not eligible for Medicare and without Rx drug coverage, income limits)
- Needy Meds www.needymeds.com (patient assistance program info)
- www.rxassist.org (patient assistance info)
- www.pparx.com (patient assistance info and search for programs by manufacturer)
- www.rxhope.com (patience assistance info through search, online applications for assistance, help in determining eligibility)
- www.benefitscheckup.org (personalized report and info, provided by National Council on Aging and geared toward seniors 55+
- www.accesstobenefits.org (info on eligibility, enrollment forms, geared toward low-income Medicare beneficiaries)
- Consumer Reports www.consumerreports.org/health/best-buy-drugs/index.htm (info on drug switches for affordability)
- some organizations (like the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society leukemia-lymphoma.org) help patients pay for some costs of treatments for specific diseases
Assistance in Paying for Care Costs:
- CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation www.cancercare-copay.org (can help eligible patients cover co-pay costs for treatment of specific cancers)
- HealthWell Foundation www.health-wellfoundation.org (helps with co-pays and premiums for patients with group and individual insurance, Medicare and Medicaid)
- Patient Advocate Foundation Co-Pay Relief Program www.copays.org (co-pay help for insured patients)
Arguing Claims Denials:
- Patient Advocate Foundation www.patientadvocate.org
- Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness www.advocacyforpatients.org
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