Medical Care Expense Assistance

Assists children with hearing loss to achieve improved communication. Provides financial assistance for hearing aids, enclosed caption converters for television, tactile units, FM units (into which a hearing aid is plugged for amplification), computers to assist deaf children in communicating, etc.

Provides funding to individual children with health-related needs when insurance and other financial resources have been exhausted. Supports several mission-based programs designed to make a difference in the lives of individuals in our own community and around the world.

Provides flights for cancer patients and bone marrow donors and recipients that are traveling to and from nationally recognized cancer treatment centers within the United States and Canada.

Provides, information and support for parenteral nutrition consumers (HPN or home IV-fed patients) to improve their health and quality of life. Also offers a national list of Donated Equipment and Supplies and virtual support groups.

Provides long term care and a better quality of life for children with cancer and children in need, their families and communities, through financial assistance, education, medical support, therapeutic play and outreach care programs.

Services Include:

• Educational Scholarships for children with cancer
• Free Sports, Arts & Equine Therapy Programs
• Financial support: Emergency, Basic Living, Life Enhancing & Life Saving expenses included.

Provides assistance with Durable Medical Equipment including wheelchairs. Inpatient and outpatient services for children with neuromuscular conditions, burn injuries and other specialized health care needs. Serves children in the United States (including Puerto Rico), Canada, and Mexico. 19 locations in the US.

Assists families of children with medical and financial needs; may assist financially with funeral expenses. The Foundation may distribute, per fiscal quarter, up to $10,000 in total to selected applicants who meet the requirements of the application and funding process. Priorities for funding distribution are as follows and are in no particular order: Medical, dental, vision services; medical equipment; imminent housing needs; rehabilitation services.

Processing time for funding requests is approximately 2-3 weeks.

Assists patients during their transplant journey with fundraising and financial support.

Provides assistance programs to help patients obtain life-saving or life-sustaining medication they could not otherwise afford. Programs provide medication, financial assistance with insurance premiums and co-pays, diagnostic testing assistance, and travel assistance for clinical trials.

Miracle-Ear® is committed to helping underserved people with hearing loss and giving them the gift of sound. Committed to excellent products, follow-up care and service.

Provides new high quality hearing aids. Each person receives: two hearing aids, custom ear molds and one year limited service. After an application fee (see Tier I and II on website) the only expenses are the cost of the hearing evaluation and batteries. These costs are not paid to HAH.

Provides advanced hearing technology and services to individuals with hearing loss. 

Services Include:

• Surgeries
• Audiological services and therapies
• Hearing aids and accessories
• Cochlear implants

Grants fund effective treatments, assessments and needed life supports. Quarterly deadlines, typically $100 - $5000 awards. See website for guidelines. In addition, ACT Today! SOS for immediate and imperative needs, and ACT Today! for Military Families

Dedicated to funding in-hospital life saving medical treatment and surgeries for those who do not have medical insurance, and for which no other financial resources are available.

Provides assistance on a case by case basis. Financial assistance for military families. Disaster relief, life-saving blood, training and certification, volunteers, international services, nursing and health.

Provides health information, education, financial assistance, advocacy, and resources for kidney patients and health care professionals in English and Spanish. Services include disease/disability information, medical care expense assistance, and internet information. Programs for children include the Summer Enrichment Program and the annual Calendar Kids Art Contest.COVID-19 UPDATE: Following all CDC and state guidelines.

• Medical Care Expense Assistance
• Internet Information Resources
• Disease/Disability Information

• Social Security Numbers
• Social Security Fraud Reporting
• Medicare
• Social Security Disability Insurance
• SSI
• Social Security Burial Benefits
• Social Security Retirement Benefits
• Social Security Survivors Insurance

• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• Medical Care Expense Assistance
• Disease/Disability Information

A public service program of the American Academy of Ophthalmology providing eye care through volunteer ophthalmologists (Eye M.D.) at no cost to those who qualify. A comprehensive medical eye exam is provided and care for anything diagnosed at the initial visit for up to one year at no out-of-pocket cost for the physician's services.COVID-19 UPDATE: Providing urgent care related to the pandemic at this time and temporarily unable to provide new referrals for programs. Check back often. In the interim, visit 'Resources' page for information on free or discounted medication, discounted eye glasses, etc.

• Eye Care
• Eye Screening

Helps patients suffering from chronic medical conditions who have limited financial means get access to the medications they need, pay insurance co-pays, transportation, premiums, and find the insurance coverage that's right for them.

COVID-19 UPDATE: All services are available via telephone and online. Please call with any questions.

• Medical Care Expense Assistance

• Incidental Medical Expense Assistance
• Medical Care Expense Assistance

Provides a one-time, no cost comprehensive eye assessment for infants 6-12 months old regardless of income or insurance coverage.

• Eye Screening

Services locator website.

Managed by the American Optometry Association (AOA) Foundation and The Vision Care Institute.

• Incidental Medical Expense Assistance

• Incidental Medical Expense Assistance

• Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
• Mercy Transportation

• Glasses/Contact Lenses

Provides ostomy supplies to the uninsured for the cost of shipping and handling. Osto Group is a not-for-profit organization that receives donations of unused ostomy products from all over the country and serves ostomates from all around the country.

• Specialized Information and Referral
• Medical Care Expense Assistance

• Medical Care Expense Assistance

• Medical Care Expense Assistance

A grant program for equipment and services for mobility, independence and social inclusion; communication equipment and services, education, self-esteem for children and children's organizations; life-saving medical equipment, healthcare and well-being for individual children and children's health organizations. Programs: Freedom, Life-Saving, Future

Helps patients and families facing high medical out-of-pocket costs by providing financial assistance for their copayments, coinsurance, deductibles, and other health-related expenses. More than 60 funds, each of which covers the FDA-approved medications that treat a specific disease, covering a wide range of serious and chronic diseases.

Provides gift certificates, through a network of community partners, lto children in need to receive no-cost eye care and glasses from a local doctor.

• Eye Screening
• Glasses/Contact Lenses

Provides every aspect of cleft care that is needed at no cost to families.

The National Academy of Social Insurance is a non-profit, non-partisan organization made up of the national experts on social insurance. Its mission is to advance solutions to challenges facing the nation by increasing public understanding of how social insurance contributes to economic security. Social insurance encompasses broad-based systems that help workers and their families pool risks to avoid loss of income due to retirement, death, disability, or unemployment and ensure access to health care. They provide information on social security, Medicare, workers' compensation and disability, unemployment insurance, and long-term services and supports.