NORD - National Organization For Rare Disorders

Help Paying for Medical Costs

Help paying medical bills and expenses related to medical care

Description

Provides financial help to people with a health condition or disability so that they can pay medical bills or other expenses related to health care.

Additional Information

Helps eligible patients pay for costs related to their rare disease that they could not otherwise afford.

Offers financial assistance for:

• Medications
• Insurance premiums and patient co-pays fees
• Diagnostic testing assistance
• Travel assistance for clinical trials or consultation with disease specialists
• Caregiver respite

Features

• Area Served by County
  • Aitkin County
  • Anoka County
  • Becker County
  • Beltrami County
  • Benton County
  • Big Stone County
  • Blue Earth County
  • Brown County
  • Carlton County
  • Carver County
  • Cass County
  • Chippewa County
  • Chisago County
  • Clay County
  • Clearwater County
  • Cook County
  • Cottonwood County
  • Crow Wing County
  • Dakota County
  • Dodge County
  • Douglas County
  • Faribault County
  • Fillmore County
  • Freeborn County
  • Goodhue County
  • Grant County
  • Hennepin County
  • Houston County
  • Hubbard County
  • Isanti County
  • Itasca County
  • Jackson County
  • Kanabec County
  • Kandiyohi County
  • Kittson County
  • Koochiching County
  • Lac qui Parle County
  • Lake County
  • Lake of the Woods County
  • Le Sueur County
  • Lincoln County
  • Lyon County
  • Mahnomen County
  • Marshall County
  • Martin County
  • McLeod County
  • Meeker County
  • Mille Lacs County
  • Morrison County
  • Mower County
  • Murray County
  • Nicollet County
  • Nobles County
  • Norman County
  • Olmsted County
  • Otter Tail County
  • Pennington County
  • Pine County
  • Pipestone County
  • Polk County
  • Pope County
  • Ramsey County
  • Red Lake County
  • Redwood County
  • Renville County
  • Rice County
  • Rock County
  • Roseau County
  • Scott County
  • Sherburne County
  • Sibley County
  • St. Louis County
  • Statewide
  • Stearns County
  • Steele County
  • Stevens County
  • Swift County
  • Todd County
  • Traverse County
  • Wabasha County
  • Wadena County
  • Waseca County
  • Washington County
  • Watonwan County
  • Wilkin County
  • Winona County
  • Wright County
  • Yellow Medicine County

• Specialization
  • Children and/or youth with disabilities

Eligibility

Eligibility criteria can vary by program, most patient assistance programs require the following:

• Patient must have an applicable diagnosis or physician referral
• Patient must be a legal US resident
• Patient must meet the program's financial need criteria

Application Instructions

Application process and assistance vary by disease program.

A list of available rare disease programs can be found online, or contact a service representative at (800) 999-6673.