If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with cancer, you know it can turn life upside down. From attending almost-daily doctor and lab appointments, to trying to eat right and getting exercise to help counter the effects of chemo, cancer can feel like a full-time job. If your finances are suffering with this crazy schedule you’re dealing with, please know financial assistance for cancer patients is available. Programs from both the government and private agencies are here to help you right now. For a complete list of national no-cost programs for cancer patients throughout the USA, please check out our directory here. ❤️
Financial Assistance for Cancer Patients:
1. Co-Pays and Insurance Premiums
Accessia Health (formerly PSI) helps patients with premium, copay, infusion, and travel expenses related to cancer care. This non-profit agency has financial assistance programs for both insured and uninsured patients. To find out if a disease is covered and to access its specific application for assistance, please visit here.
❤️ More co-pay and premium assistance programs are available in our directory here.
2. Prescriptions
Pfizer RxPathways offers access to many of the Pfizer medications at free or reduced cost for cancer patients who cannot otherwise afford them. Pfizer estimates that patients can save between 36% to 75% using this free program. To see if your prescription is available, visit this link and type your medication in the search box to get started or call toll-free (844) 989-7284 to get help from a Medicine Access Counselor over the phone.
❤️ Additional free prescription programs are available here for cancer patients in the USA.
3. Fertility Preservation
Livestrong Fertility assists both men and women who’ve been diagnosed with cancer understand fertility risks and options, and get fertility preservation discounts. They also offer free fertility medications for women. Eligibility is based on financial need. Livestrong has a network of over 650 fertility clinics and sperm banks nationwide. To find a participating clinic or bank near you, please visit this link or call toll-free (855) 844-7777 for help over the phone.
❤️ Our national directory has more fertility programs here at no cost to cancer patients.
4. Travel Expenses
Miracle Flights provides financial help for seriously-ill children and adults to take commercial flights to receive medical care. Eligibility for this program is based on financial need and health considerations. Download and complete the application here on the Miracle Flights website.
❤️ Many more zero-cost travel programs for cancer patients are included here.
5. Housing
Hosts for Humanity Housing Program offers free temporary housing for cancer patients in the USA in active treatment and over 30 miles from their care center. Accommodations also allows one caregiver. Meals and transportation are not included. To apply for this program, please visit this link for the application.
❤️ Our national directory has additional free housing programs.
6. Grants
Join the Flock Housing Grant Program provides financial relief to families impacted by cancer through gifted mortgage payment grants. If your family has experienced financial hardship due to a cancer diagnosis and you are a USA resident, please visit this link to apply.
❤️ Visit this link for more grant programs for cancer patients in the USA.
Visit our National Directory for More
A cancer diagnosis can put a real strain on all areas of life. When expenses are an issue, the resources listed above are ready and willing to help by providing financial assistance for cancer patients in the USA. There is no cost to use any of these services; please get in touch today using the links provided. For more free financial help programs, please visit our many updated links here in the national directory. ❤️
I am vouching for PSI for everyone reading this. It’s a great program and it helped me when I couldn’t afford my premiums.
Thank you for your feedback, Claudia! We appreciate your visit today and taking the time to let our site visitors know about your positive experience.
Thank you for listing all of these programs. I spent a half hour looking at all of it and I really appreciate the time you obviously take to make sure it’s all up to date like this! I hope you don’t mind I posted a link on FB to share this site.
You don’t know how much you site has meant to me. I have received so much help since my crc diagnosis last year right from this site. THANK YOU!
Greg, we are so very sorry to hear about your cancer diagnosis but we take heart that you have received the help you need. Please get in touch if you aren’t finding the resources you need in the future and we will do our very best to help.
I just wanted to thank you for such a helpful website!
You are so very welcome, George!