Help paying for rare disease medicines
Copay cards, free medicine programs and charity funds for 210 rare disease treatments, sorted by your insurance, or by what is open to you if you have none.
We read the support program for each of 200 medicines on the drugmaker's own website, and we track 266 charity funds covering 128 conditions, 142 of which were open when we last checked on September 24, 2026. Trial Friend takes no money from any of these programs or drugmakers.
Start typing a medicine or condition above. You can also browse every program in the lists further down this page.
Which help fits your insurance
Private insurance
Start with the drugmaker's copay card; many bring the cost down to a small fixed amount, up to a yearly maximum. Ask your plan whether copay card payments count toward your deductible, since some plans don't count them. If your plan denies the drug, ask the drugmaker's support line about bridge supplies and appeal help.
Medicare
Drugmaker copay cards can't be used with Medicare (HHS Office of Inspector General). What can help: in 2026, what you pay out of pocket for Part D drugs is capped at $2,100 for the year (CMS), and the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan lets you spread those costs across the year at no charge. Charity funds are the main outside help, and some drugmaker free medicine programs accept Medicare patients who meet income limits. Medicare also lists programs that lower costs, such as Extra Help. Choosing a plan for 2027? Read our Medicare open enrollment checklist for rare disease drugs.
Medicaid, TRICARE or VA
Copay cards are excluded here too. Medicaid copays are usually small; if a drug isn't covered, the drugmaker's support line can explain the options. Some TotalAssist funds accept Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE.
No insurance
Free medicine programs are built for you, usually with income limits. Most charity funds require some insurance, so they may not apply. The drugmaker's support line can also check whether you qualify for coverage you don't have yet.
Before you call
- Call the drugmaker's support line first. Their case managers check your benefits, find the right program and often handle the forms with your doctor.
- Have your insurance card, your prescription details and proof of household income ready. Free medicine programs usually ask for income.
- Most programs must be renewed every year, and many copay cards reset in January.
- If a charity fund is closed, sign up on the foundation's page to be told when it reopens. Funds for the same condition at another foundation may still be open.
- Specialty pharmacies and hospital financial counselors know these programs well. Ask them too.
All drugmaker programs, A to Z
Every FDA-approved treatment on Trial Friend with a program or generic guidance. Type to filter, or pick a medicine above to see the details for your insurance.
Charity funds by condition
From the big independent copay charities, HealthWell, TotalAssist (formerly the PAN Foundation), NORD RareCare, The Assistance Fund, Good Days, Blood Cancer United and CancerCare, plus 31disease foundations that run their own grants. Status is what each foundation showed on the date checked. “Apply directly” means the foundation doesn't post an open or closed status; the program was live on its site when we checked.
Acromegaly
- Closed · HealthWell Foundation: Acromegaly
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Acromegaly · up to $5,000/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Acromegaly
Alagille Syndrome
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Alagille Syndrome Vitamins and Supplements
- Open · Alagille Syndrome Alliance: ALGSAssistance Program · up to $1,000/yr
Alexander Disease
- Open · United Leukodystrophy Foundation: Hultman Memorial Fund · up to $500/yr
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Open · NORD RareCare: ALS Travel & Lodging Assistance
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Apply directly · The ALS Association: Hoffman ALS Financial Assistance Program · up to $1,000/yr
- Apply directly · Muscular Dystrophy Association: MDA Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Grant Program · up to $1,000/yr
Angelman Syndrome
- Closed · Angelman Syndrome Foundation: ASF Family Fund · up to $2,500/yr
Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Cardiomyopathy (Medicare Access) · Medicare patients only
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Cardiomyopathy · up to $2,000/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
ATTR Amyloidosis (Transthyretin Amyloidosis)
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Amyloidosis
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Cardiomyopathy (Medicare Access) · Medicare patients only
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Amyloidosis · up to $5,500/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Open · NORD RareCare: Amyloidosis Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Amyloidosis Premium Copay Assistance
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Amyloidosis
Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) · up to $9,500/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Open · NORD RareCare: aHUS Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: aHUS Premium Copay Assistance
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS)
Becker Muscular Dystrophy
- Apply directly · Muscular Dystrophy Association: MDA Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Grant Program · up to $1,000/yr
Canavan Disease
- Open · United Leukodystrophy Foundation: Hultman Memorial Fund · up to $500/yr
Cerebral Adrenoleukodystrophy
- Open · United Leukodystrophy Foundation: Hultman Memorial Fund · up to $500/yr
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
- Apply directly · Muscular Dystrophy Association: MDA Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Grant Program · up to $1,000/yr
- Apply directly · Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association: CMTA Patient Support Fund · up to $5,000/yr
- Open · Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association: emBRACE the Future Fund
Cholangiocarcinoma
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Biliary Tract Cancer · up to $6,200/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Biliary Tract Cancer
- Closed · CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation: Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer) · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Graft-vs-Host Disease (GVHD) · up to $9,500/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Closed · Blood Cancer United (formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society): Graft-vs-Host Disease Co-Pay Fund · up to $10,000/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Apply directly · NMDP (formerly Be The Match / National Marrow Donor Program): NMDP Patient Financial Assistance Grants
Chronic Granulomatous Disease
- Closed · NORD RareCare: Chronic Granulomatous Disease Copay Assistance
- Closed · NORD RareCare: Chronic Granulomatous Disease Medical Assistance
- Open · Good Days: Chronic Granulomatous Disease · up to $10,000/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD)
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) · up to $9,500/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Open · NORD RareCare: CIDP Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: CIDP Premium Copay Assistance
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
Cushing Disease
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Cushing's Disease or Cushing's Syndrome
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Cushing's Disease or Syndrome · up to $9,500/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Open · NORD RareCare: Cushing's Syndrome Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Cushing's Syndrome Premium Copay Assistance
- Closed · Good Days: Cushing's Disease
Cystic Fibrosis
- Closed · HealthWell Foundation: Cystic Fibrosis Treatments
- Closed · HealthWell Foundation: Cystic Fibrosis Vitamins and Supplements
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Cystic Fibrosis · up to $5,000/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Cystic Fibrosis
Dermatomyositis
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Dermatomyositis · up to $9,000/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Myositis
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Cardiomyopathy (Medicare Access) · Medicare patients only
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Cardiomyopathy · up to $2,000/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
Dravet Syndrome
- Open · Dravet Syndrome Foundation: Patient Assistance Grant (PAG) Program · up to $1,500/yr
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy · up to $15,400/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Open · NORD RareCare: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Premium Copay Assistance
- Closed · Good Days: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Apply directly · Muscular Dystrophy Association: MDA Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Grant Program · up to $1,000/yr
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Eosinophilic Esophagitis · up to $2,000/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: ANCA-Associated Vasculitis and Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA) · up to $7,400/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
Essential Thrombocythemia
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Myeloproliferative Neoplasms · up to $9,500/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Closed · Good Days: Myeloproliferative Diseases · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
- Open · CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms · up to $7,000/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Closed · Blood Cancer United (formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society): Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Co-Pay Fund (ET, PV, primary myelofibrosis) · up to $7,500/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Open · Blood Cancer United (formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society): Clinical Trials Co-Pay Fund (all blood cancers) · up to $3,500/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Open · Blood Cancer United (formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society): Patient Aid Program · up to $100/yr
Fabry Disease
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Fabry Disease · up to $9,000/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Open · NORD RareCare: Fabry Disease Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Fabry Disease Premium Copay Assistance
- Closed · Good Days: Fabry Disease
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Fabry Disease
- Apply directly · Fabry Support & Information Group: Fabry Assist
Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
- Apply directly · Muscular Dystrophy Association: MDA Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Grant Program · up to $1,000/yr
Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Cardiomyopathy (Medicare Access) · Medicare patients only
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy · up to $7,200/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Apply directly · Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association: HCMA Lori Fund · up to $600/yr
Familial Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Thyroid Cancer · up to $8,200/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Closed · Good Days: Medullary Thyroid Cancer · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Thyroid Cancer
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
- Apply directly · International FOP Association: Dental Care Travel Stipend Program · up to $1,500/yr
- Closed · International FOP Association: Harold and Elaine Kaplan Quality of L.I.F.E. Awards · up to $1,800/yr
Focal Epilepsy
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Epilepsy
Friedreich Ataxia
- Apply directly · Muscular Dystrophy Association: MDA Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Grant Program · up to $1,000/yr
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors · up to $4,200/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Closed · CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
Gaucher Disease
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Gaucher Disease · up to $14,000/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Waitlist · NORD RareCare: Gaucher Disease Medical Assistance
- Waitlist · NORD RareCare: Gaucher Disease Premium Copay Assistance
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Gaucher Disease
Giant Cell Arteritis
- Closed · HealthWell Foundation: Giant Cell Arteritis (Medicare Access) · Medicare patients only
Glycogen Storage Disease Type II
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Pompe Disease · up to $9,500/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Closed · Good Days: Pompe Disease
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Pompe Disease
Hemophilia A
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Hemophilia · up to $12,500/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Closed · Good Days: Hemophilia
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Hemophilia
- Open · Hemophilia Federation of America: Helping Hands Program · up to $250/yr
Hemophilia B
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Hemophilia · up to $12,500/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Closed · Good Days: Hemophilia
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Hemophilia
- Open · Hemophilia Federation of America: Helping Hands Program · up to $250/yr
Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Closed · Good Days: Hodgkin's Lymphoma · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Closed · Blood Cancer United (formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society): Hodgkin Lymphoma Co-Pay Fund · up to $8,500/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Open · Blood Cancer United (formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society): Clinical Trials Co-Pay Fund (all blood cancers) · up to $3,500/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Open · Blood Cancer United (formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society): Patient Aid Program · up to $100/yr
- Apply directly · Lymphoma Research Foundation: Patient Aid Grant
Hunter Syndrome
- Open · NORD RareCare: Hunter Syndrome Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Hunter Syndrome Premium Copay Assistance
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: MPS II - Hunter Syndrome
- Apply directly · National MPS Society: Family Assistance Program · up to $3,000/yr
- Apply directly · National MPS Society: Medical Travel Assistance Program · up to $550/yr
- Apply directly · National MPS Society: Journey Assistance Program · up to $500/yr
Huntington Disease
- Closed · HealthWell Foundation: Huntington's Disease (Medicare Access) · Medicare patients only
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Closed · HealthWell Foundation: Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Pulmonary Fibrosis · up to $7,000/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
IgA Nephropathy
- Closed · HealthWell Foundation: IgA Nephropathy
- Open · NORD RareCare: IgA Nephropathy Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: IgA Nephropathy Premium Copay Assistance
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy (IgAN)
- Apply directly · IgA Nephropathy Foundation: IgA Nephropathy Foundation Patient Aid Grant
Immune Thrombocytopenia
- Closed · HealthWell Foundation: Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP)
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) · up to $10,000/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Open · NORD RareCare: Immune Thrombocytopenia Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Immune Thrombocytopenia Premium Copay Assistance
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Thrombocytopenia
Krabbe Disease
- Apply directly · Hunter's Hope Foundation: Hunter's Wish Gift
- Open · Hunter's Hope Foundation: Equipment and Supply Exchange Program
- Open · United Leukodystrophy Foundation: Hultman Memorial Fund · up to $500/yr
Leber Congenital Amaurosis
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Inherited Retinal Disease · up to $8,600/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
Light Chain Amyloidosis
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Amyloidosis
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Amyloidosis · up to $5,500/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Open · NORD RareCare: Amyloidosis Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Amyloidosis Premium Copay Assistance
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Amyloidosis
Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy
- Apply directly · Muscular Dystrophy Association: MDA Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Grant Program · up to $1,000/yr
Mastocytosis
- Open · Blood Cancer United (formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society): Acute Myeloid Leukemia Co-Pay Fund (covered diagnoses include Mastocytosis) · up to $4,000/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
Medullary Thyroid Cancer
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Thyroid Cancer · up to $8,200/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Closed · Good Days: Medullary Thyroid Cancer · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Thyroid Cancer
Merkel Cell Carcinoma
- Closed · CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation: Merkel Cell Carcinoma · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
Mesothelioma
- Closed · CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation: Malignant Mesothelioma · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Apply directly · Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation: Patient Travel Grant Program · up to $6,000/yr
- Apply directly · Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation: Bret A. Rosenthal Patient Assistance Fund · up to $2,000/yr
Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
- Open · United Leukodystrophy Foundation: Hultman Memorial Fund · up to $500/yr
Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I
- Open · NORD RareCare: MPS I (Hurler Syndrome) Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: MPS I (Hurler Syndrome) Premium Copay Assistance
- Open · The Assistance Fund: MPS I - Hurler Syndrome (Hurler-Scheie, Scheie)
- Apply directly · National MPS Society: Family Assistance Program · up to $3,000/yr
- Apply directly · National MPS Society: Medical Travel Assistance Program · up to $550/yr
- Apply directly · National MPS Society: Journey Assistance Program · up to $500/yr
Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IVA
- Open · NORD RareCare: Morquio A Syndrome Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Morquio A Syndrome Premium Copay Assistance
- Apply directly · National MPS Society: Family Assistance Program · up to $3,000/yr
- Apply directly · National MPS Society: Medical Travel Assistance Program · up to $550/yr
- Apply directly · National MPS Society: Journey Assistance Program · up to $500/yr
Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VI
- Open · NORD RareCare: MPS VI Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: MPS VI Premium Copay Assistance
- Apply directly · National MPS Society: Family Assistance Program · up to $3,000/yr
- Apply directly · National MPS Society: Medical Travel Assistance Program · up to $550/yr
- Apply directly · National MPS Society: Journey Assistance Program · up to $500/yr
Multiple Sclerosis
- Closed · HealthWell Foundation: Multiple Sclerosis (Medicare Access) · Medicare patients only
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Multiple Sclerosis · up to $8,000/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Closed · Good Days: Multiple Sclerosis · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Multiple Sclerosis
Myasthenia Gravis
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Myasthenia Gravis · up to $10,000/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Open · NORD RareCare: Myasthenia Gravis Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Myasthenia Gravis Premium Copay Assistance
- Closed · Good Days: Myasthenia Gravis
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Myasthenia Gravis
- Open · Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America: MGFA Food Support Program
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Myelodysplastic Syndromes (Medicare Access) · Medicare patients only
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Myelodysplastic Syndromes · up to $8,000/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Closed · Good Days: Myelodysplastic Syndrome · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Closed · CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation: Myelodysplastic Syndrome · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Closed · Blood Cancer United (formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society): Myelodysplastic Syndromes Co-Pay Fund · up to $7,500/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Open · Blood Cancer United (formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society): Clinical Trials Co-Pay Fund (all blood cancers) · up to $3,500/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Open · Blood Cancer United (formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society): Patient Aid Program · up to $100/yr
Myelofibrosis
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Myeloproliferative Neoplasms · up to $9,500/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Closed · Good Days: Myeloproliferative Diseases · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
- Open · CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms · up to $7,000/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Closed · Blood Cancer United (formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society): Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Co-Pay Fund (ET, PV, primary myelofibrosis) · up to $7,500/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Open · Blood Cancer United (formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society): Clinical Trials Co-Pay Fund (all blood cancers) · up to $3,500/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Open · Blood Cancer United (formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society): Patient Aid Program · up to $100/yr
Myotonic Dystrophy
- Apply directly · Muscular Dystrophy Association: MDA Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Grant Program · up to $1,000/yr
Narcolepsy Type 1
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Narcolepsy · up to $5,000/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Open · NORD RareCare: Narcolepsy Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Narcolepsy Premium Copay Assistance
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Narcolepsy
Neurofibromatosis Type 1
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Neurofibromatosis · up to $6,400/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Open · NORD RareCare: Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Premium Copay Assistance
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Neurofibromatosis
Neuromyelitis Optica
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder · up to $8,000/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Open · NORD RareCare: NMOSD Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: NMOSD Premium Copay Assistance
- Open · Good Days: Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder · up to $2,100/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD)
Niemann-Pick Disease
- Open · NORD RareCare: ASMD Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: ASMD Premium Copay
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Acid Sphingomyelinase Deficiency (ASMD)
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Niemann-Pick Disease Type C (NPC)
- Apply directly · National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation: Family Assistance and Support Program (FASP) · up to $1,000/yr
Niemann-Pick Disease Type C
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Niemann-Pick Disease Type C (NPC)
- Apply directly · National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation: Family Assistance and Support Program (FASP) · up to $1,000/yr
Paraganglioma
- Closed · HealthWell Foundation: Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Closed · CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation: Metastatic Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria · up to $9,500/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Open · NORD RareCare: PNH Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: PNH Premium Copay Assistance
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
- Apply directly · Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation: PNH Patient Travel Assistance Fund · up to $800/yr
Pemphigus Vulgaris
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Pemphigus Vulgaris · up to $14,600/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Cardiomyopathy (Medicare Access) · Medicare patients only
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Cardiomyopathy · up to $2,000/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
Pheochromocytoma
- Closed · HealthWell Foundation: Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Closed · CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation: Metastatic Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
Polycythemia Vera
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Myeloproliferative Neoplasms · up to $9,500/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Closed · Good Days: Myeloproliferative Diseases · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
- Open · CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms · up to $7,000/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Closed · Blood Cancer United (formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society): Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Co-Pay Fund (ET, PV, primary myelofibrosis) · up to $7,500/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Open · Blood Cancer United (formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society): Clinical Trials Co-Pay Fund (all blood cancers) · up to $3,500/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Open · Blood Cancer United (formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society): Patient Aid Program · up to $100/yr
Pompe Disease
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Pompe Disease · up to $9,500/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Closed · Good Days: Pompe Disease
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Pompe Disease
- Apply directly · Muscular Dystrophy Association: MDA Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Grant Program · up to $1,000/yr
Primary Biliary Cholangitis
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Primary Biliary Cholangitis · up to $2,500/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC)
Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis
- Open · PFIC Network: PFIC Financial Assistance Program · up to $1,000/yr
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Pulmonary Hypertension (Medicare Access) · Medicare patients only
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Pulmonary Hypertension · up to $9,500/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Closed · Good Days: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Pulmonary Hypertension
Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Inherited Retinal Disease · up to $8,600/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
Rett Syndrome
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Rett Syndrome · up to $4,400/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Waitlist · NORD RareCare: Rett Syndrome Emergency Relief Assistance
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Rett Syndrome
Sanfilippo Syndrome
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Mucopolysaccharidosis Type III (Sanfilippo) · up to $2,500/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Apply directly · National MPS Society: Family Assistance Program · up to $3,000/yr
- Apply directly · National MPS Society: Medical Travel Assistance Program · up to $550/yr
- Apply directly · National MPS Society: Journey Assistance Program · up to $500/yr
Sarcoidosis
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Sarcoidosis
Short Bowel Syndrome
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Short Bowel Syndrome · up to $9,800/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Open · NORD RareCare: Short Bowel Syndrome Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Short Bowel Syndrome Premium Copay Assistance
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Short Bowel Syndrome
Sickle Cell Disease
- Closed · HealthWell Foundation: Sickle Cell Disease
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Sickle Cell Disease · up to $5,600/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Sickle Cell Disease
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Spinal Muscular Atrophy · up to $6,500/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Closed · Good Days: Spinal Muscular Atrophy · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Apply directly · Cure SMA: Equipment Pool and Travel Support Package
- Apply directly · Muscular Dystrophy Association: MDA Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Grant Program · up to $1,000/yr
Stargardt Disease
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Inherited Retinal Disease · up to $8,600/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
Systemic Mastocytosis
- Open · Blood Cancer United (formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society): Acute Myeloid Leukemia Co-Pay Fund (covered diagnoses include Mastocytosis) · up to $4,000/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
Tay-Sachs Disease
- Apply directly · National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Association: Benton's Family Assistance Fund · up to $500/yr
Thalassemia
- Apply directly · Cooley's Anemia Foundation: Support for Significant Travel to Treatment Centers · up to $500/yr
- Closed · Cooley's Anemia Foundation: Support for Health Maintenance in Thalassemia Patients (age 50+) · up to $500/yr
Thyroid Eye Disease
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Thyroid Eye Disease · up to $9,000/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Closed · Good Days: Thyroid Eye Disease
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Thyroid Eye Disease (TED)
Urea Cycle Disorders
- Closed · HealthWell Foundation: Urea Cycle Disorders
- Closed · Good Days: Urea Cycle Disease · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
Usher Syndrome
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Inherited Retinal Disease · up to $8,600/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
Von Willebrand Disease
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Von Willebrand Disease · up to $17,600/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Open · Hemophilia Federation of America: Helping Hands Program · up to $250/yr
Waldenström Macroglobulinemia
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia · up to $9,500/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Open · NORD RareCare: IWMF Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia Travel and Lodging Assistance
- Closed · Blood Cancer United (formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society): Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia Co-Pay Fund · up to $8,500/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Open · Blood Cancer United (formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society): Clinical Trials Co-Pay Fund (all blood cancers) · up to $3,500/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Open · Blood Cancer United (formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society): Patient Aid Program · up to $100/yr
Wild-Type ATTR Cardiac Amyloidosis
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Amyloidosis
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Cardiomyopathy (Medicare Access) · Medicare patients only
- Open · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Amyloidosis · up to $5,500/yr · Requires Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Open · NORD RareCare: Amyloidosis Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Amyloidosis Premium Copay Assistance
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Amyloidosis
Wilson Disease
- Closed · TotalAssist (formerly PAN Foundation): Wilson's Disease · up to $9,000/yr · Requires health insurance (any kind)
- Apply directly · Wilson Disease Association: WDA Patient Assistance · up to $2,000/yr
Common questions
Can I use a drugmaker copay card if I have Medicare?
No. Federal rules treat drugmaker copay coupons used for drugs paid by Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE as a possible kickback, so copay cards say government insurance is excluded. People on Medicare usually turn to independent charity funds, a drugmaker's free medicine program if it accepts Medicare patients, and Medicare's own help: in 2026, Part D out-of-pocket costs are capped at $2,100 for the year.
What's the difference between a copay card and a free medicine program?
A copay card lowers what you pay at the pharmacy when private insurance covers the drug. A free medicine program (often called a patient assistance program) gives the drug at no cost to people without coverage, or with coverage that doesn't help enough, and usually has income limits.
Why does a charity fund say closed?
Charity funds such as HealthWell and TotalAssist run on donations for each disease. When a fund's money runs out for the year it closes to new applicants, then reopens when new donations arrive. Most foundations let you sign up to be told when a fund reopens.
Do I need insurance to get help from a charity fund?
Usually, yes. The disease funds listed here generally help insured people with out-of-pocket costs such as copays and premiums. Some TotalAssist funds require Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE. If you have no insurance, a drugmaker's free medicine program is usually the place to start.
How current is this information?
Each drugmaker program shows the date we checked it on the drugmaker's own pages, and each charity fund shows its open or closed status as the foundation listed it on the date shown. The oldest check on this page is September 24, 2026. Programs change, so confirm with the program before you rely on it.
How we check
Drugmaker programs come only from the drugmaker's own brand, program or foundation pages, never from aggregator sites. Where a page doesn't say who qualifies, we say so instead of guessing. Charity fund status is copied from each foundation's fund list on the date shown. We re-check programs at least every 90 days. If something here is wrong or out of date, email jason@trialfriend.comand we'll fix it.
Trial Friend provides information only, not financial, legal or medical advice. Eligibility is decided by each program.