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Advocacy & Resources
Apply for Medicaid, Medicare, or low-cost health insurance plans
Website: https://www.healthcare.gov
Description: Receive Medicaid if receiving Social Security, SSI or on disability, access a waiver, meet income eligibility requirements
Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (Department of Health and Human Services & its Partners)
Website: https://www.ahrq.gov
Description: Research ways to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable for children/adolescents, elderly, low-income, racial/ethnic minorities, rural/inner-city residents, special healthcare needs, women.
Louisiana Association of Health Plans
Website: http://lahp.net
Description: Facilitates communication and representation among members, government, policymakers and the industry regarding health care issues so that public policy decisions so that healthcare can advance to high quality and low cost.
Pan Foundation
Website: panfoundation.org
Description: check on the status of available financial assistance programs
Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF)
Website: https://www.patientadvocate.org
Description: case management for life threatening and debilitating disease, get help, hotline, rights
$ Funding Opportunities
Louisiana Association of Health Plans (see above) - The Gil Dupre Graduate Student Scholarship
Pan Foundation (see above) - Financial Assistance