Get help with prescription drugs from Patient Advocate Foundation.

Receive assistance with prescription drugs, help with medical bills, and overall health care assistance from the Patient Advocate Foundation. The foundation is a national, nonprofit patient services organization that helps individuals and families with health care concerns. Some of the programs offered include :

• A program that helps with prescription drugs by offering a 12-month drug co-pay assistance program for people who currently have health insurance that will cover and pay for at least a portion of a drug bill. The program will also help those who are Medicare Part D beneficiaries, and who must financially and medically qualify to access pharmaceutical co-payment assistance. The program offered is disease-specific and is not drug-specific. More than a dozen different diseases and conditions are covered, including chronic pain, Crohn's disease, several forms of cancer and rheumatoid arthritis. And new assistance programs are always being offered. For example, late last year the company added assistance for people who need help paying for osteoporosis drugs.
   
• In addition, the Patient Advocate Foundation provides various forms of assistance to patients with specific health care or other issues that they are facing with their employer, health insurer, and/or creditors regarding medical bills, insurance claims, medical debt, and/or job retention issues that are related to their diagnosis of debilitating or life threatening diseases. They have a team of attorneys and professional case managers that are experts and specialize in negotiation, mediation, serves as advocates, offer education, and other services on behalf of patients that are experiencing health care issues.
   
• They can provide assistance with utility bills, housing aid, transportation, debt consolidation services, help with rent, and food assistance as well.
   
• In addition, the Patient Advocate Foundation offers various forms of assistance to patients across the country with specific health care issues that they may be facing with their employer, health insurer, hospital billing department, and/or creditor. Some of the services they offer can help people deal with outstanding health insurance claims and coverage, job retention and/or medical and hospital debt crisis matters relative to their diagnosis of debilitating diseases or life threatening situations.
   
• The foundation has on staff numerous professional attorneys, case managers and medical professionals that specialize in mediation, debt settlement, negotiation, and arbitration with insurers and doctors to advocate on behalf of patients experiencing issues with access to medical care, job retention and debt crisis due to their illness. Learn more on medical debt settlement.

To learn more, apply for help, or contribute, call the Patient Advocate Foundation at 1-800-532-5274.