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Advocating for Chronic Conditions, Entitlements and Social Services
Air Charity Network™ (ACN), formerly Angel Flight America, provides access for people in need seeking free air transportation to specialized health care facilities or distant destinations due to family, community or national crisis.
Air Compassion America® is a non-profit patient advocacy/assistance organization established to help locate and coordinate bed-to-bed air ambulance service. ACAM’s mission is to help patients and families undergoing a difficult health crisis by offering them compassionate counseling and working to lower air ambulance and medically assisted travel costs.
AirLifeLine
is a national non-profit charitable organization of over 1,000 private
pilots who fly ambulatory patients who cannot afford the cost of travel
to medical facilities for diagnosis and treatment. Our pilots donate
their time, aircraft and fuel to make this air transportation service
totally free of charge for patients who qualify. 1-877-AIRLIFE.
Angel Flight is a program that helps arrange free flights for people needing medical care.
Caring Voice Coalition serves the comprehensive needs of individuals affected by serious and chronic disorders, through collaborative efforts and partnerships with organizations established to serve those patient populations. They have programs to help patients with insurance reimbursement, financial assistance, patient support services and public advocacy.
COTA
Children's Organ Transplant Association. COTA's primary mission is to
ensure that no U.S. citizen is ever denied a life-saving transplant
or access to a transplant waiting list, due solely to the lack of funds.
Our secondary focus is to promote organ donations and to provide public
education on all aspects of the organ donation process. www.cota.org
or 1-800-366-COTA, 2501 COTA Drive, Bloomington, IN 474403.
Heart1.com
offers comprehensive cardiac care information, accomplished through
news features, technology reports, searchable databases of the most
prevalent venous conditions and possible treatments.
Make-A-Wish
Foundation® of America is committed to making sure that every child
with a life-threatening illness has an incredible wish experience that
provides hope, strength and joy.
MedicAlert®
Foundation is the nation's leading emergency medical information service
protects and saves lives backed by the 24-hour Emergency Response Center
that stands ready to transmit vital medical information. This information
helps Members receive fast, accurate treatment. Thousands of lives have
been saved and countless others have experienced quicker diagnosis and
treatment, thanks to the long-standing relationship between MedicAlert®
and emergency medical personnel. 1- 888-633-4298.
Mercy Medical Airlift® MMA’s mission is to ensure that no needy patient is denied access to distant specialized medical evaluation, diagnosis or treatment for lack of a means of long-distance medical air transportation; further, to ensure the provision of urgent transportation in situations of compelling human need and homeland security emergencies.
National Patient Travel Center provides
no-cost, long-distance medical air transportation for patients
that cannot afford to fly in order to receive specialized medical
services.
Miracle
Flights for Kids® is the nation's leading nonprofit charitable flight organization. Since 1985, we have continued to fulfill our mission to help families overcome financial obstacles and access the proper medical care and 2nd opinions for their seriously ill children. Miracle Flights takes great pride in knowing that 78% of all donations are allocated to helping sick children who have no other options get to their treatments.
National
Foundation for Transplants. NFT's goal is that patients will not
be deterred from a second chance at life simply because they cannot
afford it.
National
Patient Travel Center exists to facilitate patient access to
appropriate charitable medical air transportation resources in
the United States. The NPTC also exists to develop, administer
and consolidate airline patient ticket programs and to operate
various Special-Lift and Child-Lift programs on behalf of special
disease organizations and/or clinical research centers in the United
States. The NPTC also has the means for bringing ambulatory outpatients
from many overseas locations to the United States.
The
mission of the National
Transplant Assistance Fund is to help raise funds for transplant
and spinal cord injury patients by providing compassionate support,
education and expertise to them, their families and communities.
NeedyMeds
NeedyMeds is the place to learn about patient assistance programs and
other programs designed to help those who can't afford their medicines.
NeedyMeds is not a program. It's an information source.
HOPGENE
Program for Genomic Applications at Johns Hopkins (authored by Reda
Girgis, MD)
Patient Advocate Foundation is a national non-profit organization that seeks to safeguard patients through effective mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of their financial stability.
The
information provided on the PHA website is provided for general information
only. It is not intended as legal, medical or other professional
advice, and should not be relied upon as a substitute for consultations
with qualified professionals who are familiar with your individual
needs.
