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"Help for low income Medicare Beneficiaries"
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Assistance to help Medicare Beneficiares pay for out-of-pocket expenses such as monthly premiums.
www.patientadvocate.org
www.ucp.org/document.cfm/4611
www.healthcarecoach.com
www.kaisernetwork.org
www.handsnet.org
Insure Kids Now
US Government site with info on free or low cost insurance programs for children.
National Library of Medicine
Access Medline with 8.8 million refernces for free.
Service Organizations
Need help with child care, elderly services, substance abuse treatment? What about youth programs or disaster assistance?
Many large service organizations have local offices that provide all this and more.
Services vary depending upon the needs of the community, but before you fight your battles alone, contact these main offices to find out about local programs:
Catholic Charities USA www.catholiccharitiesusa.org
Salvation Army 1-800-SAL-ARMY www.salvationarmyusa.org
United Way of America 1-800-411-UWAY www.unitedway.org |
How To Fight Your Doctor, Hospital, Or Insurance Company - Call The Marines Well, not the actual Marines from the Department of Defense, dressed in fatigues and armed with high tech weapons. But you can call other government offices and advocacy groups that will do your fighting for you or give you the needed weapons to do your own fighting. Before you call a lawyer, call these free offices first:
State Insurance Commissioner: will help you learn your legal rights regarding insurance.
State Medical Boards: will review your complaint (including billing issues) and help resolve disputes.
State HMO boards: will review your complaint (including billing issues) and help resolve disputes.
The Center for Patient Advocacy, 1350 Beverly Road, Suite 108, McLean, VA 22101; 800-846-7444; www.patientadvocacy.org: provides free advice and publications on how to fight the system, also does advocacy work for patients rights on Capitol Hill)
Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc, P.O. Box 350, Willimantic, CT 06226; 860-456-7790; www.medicareadvocacy.org. Attorneys, paralegals, and technical assistants provide legal help for elderly and disabled who are unfairly denied Medicare coverage in the states of Connecticut and New York. They will send materials to people in other states to learn how to fight for themselves.
American Self Help Clearinghouse, Northwest Covenant Medical Center, 25 Pocono Road, Denville, NJ 07834; 973-625-9565; Fax: 973-635-8848; TTD 973-625-9053; www.cmhc.com: makes referrals to self-help organizations world wide and helps people interested in starting their own self help group.
National Self-Help Clearinghouse, c/o CUNY, Graduate School and University Center, 365 5th Ave., Suite 3300, New York, NY 10016; 212-354-8525; Fax: 212-642-1956; www.selfhelpweb.org: makes referrals to self-help groups nationwide.
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Free Eyeglasses, Cornea Transplants, and Glaucoma Screenings
www.lionsclubs.org
Macular Degeneration Test
The Macular Degeneration Partnership offers a free eye test both online and in the mail that helps you detect early signs of this treatable age related condition. Click on 'what can I do about it', then click the 'Amsler Grid Testin
Free Mammograms
Lists six (below), nationwide, toll-free numbers to locate accredited facilities offering free and reduced-fee screening mammograms. One number is for Spanish speakers.
National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service
(1-800-4-CANCER)
The American Cancer Society (1-800-ACS2345)
National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations (1-800-719-9154)
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation (1-800-I'M AWARE)
Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization (1-800-221-2141)
Y-ME Spanish Language Hotline (1-800-986-9505) |
