From Sore to Soar
Medical Debt
Lifelines, Helplines & Hotlines
Supportive Advosources
Apply for Medicaid, Medicare, or low-cos 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
Goodbill:
Website: https://app.goodbill.com/partners/welcome?partner=dollarfor
Description: negotiates hospital bills for patients
Dollar For
Website: https://dollarfor.org
Description: Apply to receive hospital discounts on bills based on income, hospitals may negotiate bills under 240 days
Greater National Advocates
Website: https://gnanow.org
Description: Patient advocates, maximize health insurance coverage and benefits, insurance approval, therapy or prescribed medications, challenge charges and inflated medical bills, help with insurance: /
Pan Foundation
Website: panfoundation.org
Description: check on the status of available financial assistance programs
Patients Rising
Website: https://patienthelpline.org
Description: Connects patients to resources
Patient Advocate Foundation
Website: https://www.patientadvocate.org
Description: patient services to quality healthcare, featured projects include breast cancer, Covid, engaging with insurers, insurance glossary, cardiovascular disease, migraine and headache disease, advocacy
Resolve
Website: https://www.resolvem edicalbills.com
Description: Helps patients navigate complex medical bills and reduce or eliminate the amount they owe.
Undue Medical Debt
Website: https://www.unduemedicaldebt.org
Description: Strengthens communities by abolishing financially burdensome medical debt.
Upside fund founded by Lindsey Stirling
Website: https://theupsidefund.org
Description: The Upside fund is specifically focused on supporting people in need of assistance to pay off medical debt.
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