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:
If you’re feeling the financial strain from a cancer diagnosis, know that you’re not alone. There are numerous financial assistance programs available across the USA to help ease the burden, from covering co-pays and prescriptions to offering housing and travel support. Whether you’re insured, underinsured, or uninsured, these resources are here to provide the help you need, so you can focus on what matters most: your health and healing. We’ve included a few essential financial services here. Be sure to visit our national directory with hundreds of financial programs for cancer patients that stand ready to help.
1. Need Help with 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.
Accessia Health is a national nonprofit organization committed to assisting individuals with chronic illnesses, including cancer. Their programs are designed to alleviate the financial strain on patients, ensuring access to necessary treatments without added financial stress. Eligibility is determined based on specific medical conditions and financial need. 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. Need Help with the Cost of Prescriptions?
Pfizer RxPathways is an initiative by Pfizer that connects eligible cancer patients in the USA to a variety of assistance programs offering insurance support, co-pay assistance, and access to Pfizer medications at no cost or reduced prices. This program, based on financial need, will provide Pfizer medications at free or reduced cost for cancer patients who cannot otherwise afford them.
Pfizer estimates that patients can save between 36% to 100% 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 personalized help from a Medicine Access Counselor over the phone.
❤️ Additional free prescription programs are available here for cancer patients in the USA.
3. Researching Fertility Preservation Options?
Livestrong Fertility assists both men and women who’ve been diagnosed with cancer understand fertility risks and options, and get fertility preservation discounts. Livestrong 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. Looking for Help with Travel Expenses?
Miracle Flights is a national charity that provides free commercial flights to children and adults in need of specialized medical care not available in their local communities. Since its inception in 1985, the organization has facilitated over 150,000 flights, currently arranging approximately 700 flights monthly across the United States.
Eligibility for this program is based on financial need and health considerations. To apply for a flight or learn more about the program, visit the information page and complete the application here on the Miracle Flights website.
❤️ Many more zero-cost travel programs for cancer patients are included here.
5. Want Housing Help?
Hosts for Humanity connects patients and their caregivers traveling for medical care with volunteer hosts who offer free accommodations in their homes. This service is especially beneficial for those undergoing treatment far from home, providing a supportive and cost-free place to stay. Accommodations vary but typically include a private room and access to a bathroom.
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 here.
6. Searching for Grant Programs?
Join the Flock, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to provide financial relief to families impacted by cancer through gifted mortgage payments. They aim to alleviate the financial burden of housing costs, allowing families to focus on treatment and recovery. The organization operates through a community-led nomination process, ensuring that donations directly benefit families in need.
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
From rising medical bills and prescription costs to travel and housing expenses, managing cancer-related costs can feel overwhelming. We’re here to help you access the numerous financial assistance programs available to help cancer patients in the USA. The resources listed above are just the beginning—many more national organizations offer free financial help to cover treatment costs, co-pays, insurance premiums, transportation, medications, and more. Best of all, these programs are completely free to use.
The resources listed above are ready and willing to help by providing financial assistance for cancer patients in the USA. To explore even more up to date, no-cost financial assistance options for cancer patients and their families, visit our national directory. 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 our nationwide listings. ❤️
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!