Abbott Diabetes Care Patient Assistance Foundation
The Abbott Patient Assistance Foundation’s Diabetes Care Patient Assistance Program offers assistance for blood glucose testing supplies to patients experiencing financial difficulties.
1-800-222-6885

Accu-Chek
Roche Diagnostics, the maker of ACCU-CHEK® Products, is committed to helping provide access to ACCU-CHEK blood glucose test strips for people with diabetes.  Administered by Direct Relief International.

American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
AAKP is a national non-profit organization founded by kidney patients for kidney patients.
1-800-749-2257

American Diabetes Association
Our mission is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.

American Heart Association
Our mission is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
1-800-AHA-USA-1
1-800-242-8721

American Kidney Fund
The mission of the American Kidney Fund is to fight kidney disease through direct financial support to patients in need; health education; and prevention efforts. 
1-800-638-8299

American Kidney Fund (Health Insurance Premium Program)
Provides coverage for Part B Medicare, Medigap, commercial, and COBRA premiums for dialysis patients who have insufficient income and savings.
1-800-638-8299

American Kidney Fund (Medicare Part D Patient Assistance Program)
The Medicare Part D Grant Program offers grants to qualified dialysis patients to help pay for deductibles, copays, and coverage gap (the Donut Hole) medications.
1-800-638-8299

American Kidney Fund (Safety Net Program)
Provides direct financial assistance to eligible patients to help with treatment specific expenses.
1-800-638-8299

American Lung Association
Provides dates, times, addresses and phone numbers for clinics offering flu shots near the zip codes provided.  Google mapping will also show where each clinic is located.

American Stroke Association
Our mission is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
1-888-4-STROKE
1-888-478-7653

BD Diabetes Insulin Syringe Assist Program
BD Medical – Diabetes Care offers a patient assistance program for people who use BD Ultra-Fine™ Insulin Syringes.
1-866-818-6906

Charles Ray III Diabetes Association
The Charles Ray III Diabetes Association, Inc. will encourage people with Diabetes to take control of their health by providing medical devices and supplies to those unable to afford the cost.
1-919-303-6949

Eye Care America Diabetes EyeCare Program
The Diabetes EyeCare Program promotes annual, dilated eye exams for people with diabetes.
1-800-272-3937

HealthWell Foundation
This program provides financial assistance to eligible individuals to cover coinsurance, copayments, healthcare premiums and deductibles for certain treatments.
1-800-675-8416

Healthwell Foundation
The HealthWell Foundation assists with numerous disease states and medications. Below is a list of the disease states we support. Please note that this list is subject to change, depending on funding available at any given time. Also, we are always seeking new funding to support additional disease states, so check our site often for an updated list.
1-800-675-8416

Heart Support Of America/Direct Financial Support
This program provides indigent patients with items such as medications on discharge, transportation, food vouchers and cardiac equipment for rehab clinics as well as equipment needed to do actual cardiac procedures.
1-888-430-9809

Larry King Cardiac Foundation
This program provides financial assistance to patients who need cardiac care, but do not have the financial resources to pay for the procedures themselves.
1-866-302-5523

Life Options Rehabilitation Program
Life Options is a program of research, research-based education, and outreach founded in 1993 to help people live long and live well with kidney disease.
1–800–468–7777

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
This is a federal program to provide utility bill assistance. The National Energy Assistance Directors' Association is a primary educational & policy organization for the state and other organizations of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which is often referred to as LIHEAP. LIHEAP is a federal government program that provides grants to states to help struggling with assistance on their their electric, heating and cooling utility bills.  Access state specific programs from this main site.
1-202-401-9351

Medicare
Medicare is health insurance for people age 65 or older, under age 65 with certain disabilities and people of any age with End-Stage Renal Disease.
1-800-MEDICARE
1-800-633-4227

Medicare Drug Plan Finder
Search for available plans in your area and compare coverage.
1-800-MEDICARE
1-800-633-4227

National Council on Aging Benefits Checkup
Get all the benefits you deserve. Find and enroll in federal, state, local and private programs that help pay for prescription drugs, utility bills, meals, health care and other needs.

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
The NIDDK conducts and supports basic and clinical research on many of the most serious diseases affecting public health.

National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP)
NKDEP is an initiative of the National Institutes of Health, designed to reduce the morbidity and mortality caused by kidney disease and its complications.

National Kidney Foundation
The National Kidney Foundation, a major voluntary nonprofit health organization, is dedicated to preventing kidney and urinary tract diseases, improving the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by kidney disease and increasing the availability of all organs for transplantation.
1-800-622-9010

Patient Advocate Foundation
This program will help people with any chronic or lift-threatening disease with every aspect of financial struggles due to the illness.
1-866-512-3861

Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) Co-Pay Relief Program
This program provides direct financial support to insured patients for co-payments, including Medicare Part D beneficiaries, who must financially and medically qualify to access pharmaceutical co-payment assistance.
1-866-512-3861

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
SSDI is available to disabled children and adults with limited income and resources.
1-800-772-1213

State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services created the SCHIP to help children without health insurance.
1–877–KIDS–NOW
1–877–543–7669

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program pays benefits to disabled adults and children who have limited income and resources.  SSI benefits also are payable to people 65 and older without disabilities who meet the financial limits.
1-800-772-1213

United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) is the private, non-profit organization that manages the nation's organ transplant system under contract with the federal government.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits
The VA can help to either pay for treatment or provide other benefits for veterans.
1-877-222-8387
1-800-538-9552

Xubex Free Diabetes Kit & Supplies
This program provides free diabetic supplies to those who qualify.
1-866-699-8239

NOTE: This list of organizations and resources are to serve as a reference to assist patients with chronic kidney disease in accessing financial and other assistance related to their health and well being. Dialysis Patient Citizens makes no claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of external web sites and programs. Each organization has differing resources and criteria for providing assistance and DPC cannot guarantee financial assistance will be granted.