Where can I get help paying for my medication?
The cost of prescription medications can be a financial burden, especially for individuals or families with inadequate or no insurance. If you need help paying for medication, the following resources may be of help:
- Needy Meds offers information on affordable health clinics, diagnosis-based assistance, patient assistance programs, and coupons/rebates available to help with the cost of medication. Users can search by drug, program or clinic to find resources that may help them pay for their medication. The Needy Meds website is available in Spanish and their helpline can be reached at (800) 203-6897.
- RX Assist provides an up-to-date directory of free and low-cost Patient Assistance Programs and other ways to manage medication costs.
- RX Hope is a free patient assistance program for people in need of financial support to get assistance paying for critical medications.
- USARX offers online coupons that you can download and print. You can bring the coupons to the pharmacy to see if they will help you get a lower price than your usual copay.
- Blinkhealth Prescription Assistance is a program where individuals (with or without insurance) can pay upfront for medication online for the lowest price and then take a voucher to their pharmacy. Patient assistance line: (844) 366-2211; accepts calls 8-10 M-F, 9-7 weekends (EST); Spanish language option available.
Finally, the Partnership for Prescription Assistance Medicine Assistance Tool (MAT) is a search engine designed to help patients, caregivers and health care providers learn more about the resources available through the various biopharmaceutical industry programs. The MAT is not its own patient assistance program, but rather a search engine for many of the patient assistance resources that the biopharmaceutical industry offers.
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