Financial Assistance for Lyme Disease Patients.....

Financial Assistance for Lyme Disease Patients.....

Lyme disease Testing
Lyme-TAP is a patient assistance program helping patients with financial hardship pay for diagnostic Lyme testing who would otherwise be unable to afford testing.
http://www.ilads.org/news/lyme_news/82.html

http://www.lymetap.com/

Lyme disease Treatment
NeedyMeds Patient Assistance Program
http://www.needymeds.org/ 

Clinic of Angels
Provides treatment funds to the uninsured or those insured but denied treatment
coverage. Financial assistance for treatment of the following diseases: Lyme
Disease; Neurological Illness; Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Fibromyalgia Syn-
drome; ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease); Multiple Sclerosis. See financial appli-
cation form.
http://clinicofangels.org/application-for-assistance/
Home page.
http://www.clinicofangels.org/


Lyme disease NeedyMeds Resource Page
http://www.needymeds.org/resourcepages/lyme%20disease.shtml


LymeAid 4 Kids Fund
The fund is for children who do not have/receive insurance coverage for Lyme
disease treatment for children and have economic difficulties.
http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view
article&id=592&Itemid=493


Financial Assistance Information from National
Institutes of Health
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/financialassistance.html


Partnership for Prescription Assistance
http://www.pparx.org/

Prescription Hope

http://www.lymedisease.org/news/touchedbylyme/prescription_hope.html

http://www.prescriptionhope.com/index.html

AAA Members Prescription Savings
http://www2.caremark.com/aaa/how.htm


GlaxoSmithKline Bridges to Access
http://www.curesearch.org/resources/resourceservice.aspx?ServiceId=3


RxAssist Patient Assistance Program Center
Patient assistance programs are run by pharmaceutical companies to provide
free medications to people who cannot afford to buy their medicine.
(Site navigation tips: Find what medications are being offered on
Drug List by Brand Name
http://www.rxassist.org/pap-info/Brand_Drug_List_Print.cfm
or
Drug List by Generic Name
http://www.rxassist.org/pap-info/Generic_Drug_List_Print.cfm
Copy and paste the name of the medication in the search box in this page
http://www.rxassist.org/patients/default.cfm
Options will be displayed following the search.)
Home page http://www.rxassist.org/


$4 Dollar Drugs
Some retailers offer a 30 day supply of drugs for $4. Selections are limited.
Below are links for $4 drug lists offered by various retailers.

LegitScript's List of Legitimate Online Pharmacies

LegitScript has verified 260 online pharmacies as safe for US patients. Our certification program is free and is endorsed by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP).

http://www.legitscript.com/pharmacies

ProgressiveRx

ProgressiveRx is an online pharmacy showing substantial savings on medications for people and pets. Direct importers of generic pharmaceuticals, such as ProgressiveRx, are not found on LegitScript primarily on the basis there are no protocols to insure quality. There were no negative reviews found from customers. There were no complaints filed with the Better Business Bureau. All inputs were favorable

The company has been written up in the San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Uninsured-turn-to-imported-drugs-bought-online-3284229.php and

The Oregonian
http://www.scribd.com/doc/3240388/Sunday-Oregonian-Article

and http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2012/12/state_fines_online_pharmacy_wi.html

The company has an office in Vancouver, Washington.
http://www.progressiverx.com/store/

Walmart
http://i.walmartimages.com/i/if/hmp/fusion/customer_list.pdf 

Target
http://sites.target.com/site/en/spot/page.jsp?title=pharmacy_generic_drugs_condition 

Kroger
http://www.kroger.com/generic/pages/alpha_listing.aspx

Answers.USA.gov Help with Medical Bills
Listed are a number of resources available to individuals who need
assistance paying for medical care and prescription drugs.
http://answers.usa.gov/system/selfservice.controller?CONFIGURATION=1000&PARTITION_
ID=1&CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=11511&USERTYPE=1&LANGUAGE=en&COUNTRY=US

Transportation Assistance
and
Free Air Fare
http://www.curesearch.org/resources/resourceservice.aspx?ServiceId=3