Help paying for rare disease medicines
Copay cards, free medicine programs and charity funds for 217 rare disease medicines. Pick your insurance to see what fits, or what is open to you if you have none.
Updated October 11, 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. Each medicine's page has the official program link, who qualifies and the date we checked it.
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 31 disease foundations that run their own grants. Blood Cancer United was formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. 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. “Any insurance” means the fund requires health insurance of some kind, and “government insurance” means Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE. Select a condition to open its page, which links to each fund's application and shows which ones fit your insurance.
Achondroplasia
- Open · Little People of America: Grant for Overall Accessible Living (GOAL)
Acromegaly
- Closed · HealthWell Foundation: Acromegaly
- Open · TotalAssist: Acromegaly · up to $5,000/yr · Government insurance
- 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
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
- Open · NORD RareCare: Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Premium Copay Assistance
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
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
- Open · Angelman Syndrome Foundation: ASF Family Fund · up to $2,500/yr
Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Cardiomyopathy (Medicare Access) · Medicare patients only
- Closed · TotalAssist: Cardiomyopathy · up to $2,000/yr · Government insurance
ATTR Amyloidosis (Transthyretin Amyloidosis)
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Amyloidosis
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Cardiomyopathy (Medicare Access) · Medicare patients only
- Open · TotalAssist: Amyloidosis · up to $5,500/yr · Government insurance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Amyloidosis Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Amyloidosis Premium Copay Assistance
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Amyloidosis
Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
- Open · TotalAssist: Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) · up to $9,500/yr · Any insurance
- Open · NORD RareCare: aHUS Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: aHUS Premium Copay Assistance
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS)
- Open · NORD RareCare: atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS) Emergency Relief
Barth Syndrome
- Open · NORD RareCare: Barth Syndrome Travel Assistance Fund
- Waitlist · NORD RareCare: Barth Syndrome Emergency Relief
Batten Disease
- Open · NORD RareCare: Batten Disease Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Batten Disease Premium Copay Assistance
- Closed · NORD RareCare: Batten Disease Emergency Relief
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
Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis
- Open · NORD RareCare: CTX Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: CTX Premium Copay Assistance
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: Biliary Tract Cancer · up to $6,200/yr · Government insurance
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Biliary Tract Cancer
- Closed · CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation: Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer) · Government insurance
Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease
- Open · TotalAssist: Graft-vs-Host Disease (GVHD) · up to $9,500/yr · Any insurance
- Closed · Blood Cancer United: Graft-vs-Host Disease Co-Pay Fund · up to $10,000/yr · Any insurance
- Apply directly · NMDP: 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 · Any insurance
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD)
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
- Open · TotalAssist: Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) · up to $9,500/yr · Government insurance
- Open · NORD RareCare: CIDP Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: CIDP Premium Copay Assistance
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
Cold Agglutinin Disease
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Cold Agglutinin Disease (CAD)
Common Variable Immunodeficiency
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Primary Immunodeficiency
Corticobasal Degeneration
- Open · CurePSP: Quality of Life Respite Program
Cushing Disease
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Cushing's Disease or Cushing's Syndrome
- Open · TotalAssist: Cushing's Disease or Syndrome · up to $9,500/yr · Any insurance
- 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: Cystic Fibrosis · up to $5,000/yr · Any insurance
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Cystic Fibrosis
Dermatomyositis
- Closed · TotalAssist: Dermatomyositis · up to $9,000/yr · Any insurance
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Myositis
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Cardiomyopathy (Medicare Access) · Medicare patients only
- Closed · TotalAssist: Cardiomyopathy · up to $2,000/yr · Government insurance
Dravet Syndrome
- Open · Dravet Syndrome Foundation: Patient Assistance Grant (PAG) Program · up to $1,500/yr
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Closed · TotalAssist: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy · up to $15,400/yr · Any insurance
- 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: Eosinophilic Esophagitis · up to $2,000/yr · Government insurance
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: ANCA-Associated Vasculitis and Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
- Closed · TotalAssist: Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA) · up to $7,400/yr · Any insurance
Epidermolysis Bullosa
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB)
Essential Thrombocythemia
- Open · TotalAssist: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms · up to $9,500/yr · Any insurance
- Closed · Good Days: Myeloproliferative Diseases · Government insurance
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
- Open · CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms · up to $7,000/yr · Government insurance
- Closed · Blood Cancer United: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Co-Pay Fund (ET, PV, primary myelofibrosis) · up to $7,500/yr · Government insurance
- Open · Blood Cancer United: Clinical Trials Co-Pay Fund (all blood cancers) · up to $3,500/yr · Any insurance
- Open · Blood Cancer United: Patient Aid Program · up to $100/yr
Fabry Disease
- Open · TotalAssist: Fabry Disease · up to $9,000/yr · Any insurance
- 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 Chylomicronemia Syndrome
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome (FCS)
Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Cardiomyopathy (Medicare Access) · Medicare patients only
- Open · TotalAssist: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy · up to $7,200/yr · Any insurance
- Apply directly · Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association: HCMA Lori Fund · up to $600/yr
Familial Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
- Closed · TotalAssist: Thyroid Cancer · up to $8,200/yr · Government insurance
- Closed · Good Days: Medullary Thyroid Cancer · Government insurance
- 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
Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)
Friedreich Ataxia
- Apply directly · Muscular Dystrophy Association: MDA Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Grant Program · up to $1,000/yr
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
- Closed · TotalAssist: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors · up to $4,200/yr · Government insurance
- Closed · CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) · Government insurance
Gaucher Disease
- Open · TotalAssist: Gaucher Disease · up to $14,000/yr · Any insurance
- 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: Pompe Disease · up to $9,500/yr · Any insurance
- Closed · Good Days: Pompe Disease
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Pompe Disease
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: ANCA-Associated Vasculitis and Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Guillain-Barré Syndrome
- Open · NORD RareCare: Guillain-Barre Emergency Relief Assistance
Hemophilia A
- Open · TotalAssist: Hemophilia · up to $12,500/yr · Any insurance
- 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: Hemophilia · up to $12,500/yr · Any insurance
- Closed · Good Days: Hemophilia
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Hemophilia
- Open · Hemophilia Federation of America: Helping Hands Program · up to $250/yr
Hereditary Angioedema
- Closed · Good Days: Hereditary Angioedema
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Hereditary Angioedema (HAE)
- Apply directly · US Hereditary Angioedema Association: Chris Whalen HAEA Compassion Fund
Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Closed · Good Days: Hodgkin's Lymphoma · Government insurance
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Closed · Blood Cancer United: Hodgkin Lymphoma Co-Pay Fund · up to $8,500/yr · Any insurance
- Open · Blood Cancer United: Clinical Trials Co-Pay Fund (all blood cancers) · up to $3,500/yr · Any insurance
- Open · Blood Cancer United: Patient Aid Program · up to $100/yr
- Apply directly · Lymphoma Research Foundation: Patient Aid Grant
Homocystinuria
- Closed · HealthWell Foundation: Homocystinuria and Organic Acidemias
- Open · NORD RareCare: Classical Homocystinuria Medical Assistance
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
Hypoparathyroidism
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Hypoparathyroidism
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Closed · HealthWell Foundation: Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Closed · TotalAssist: Pulmonary Fibrosis · up to $7,000/yr · Government insurance
- 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
IgG4-Related Disease
- Open · NORD RareCare: IgG4-RD Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: IgG4-RD Premium Copay Assistance
- Closed · Good Days: IgG4-Related Disease
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease (IgG4-RD)
Immune Thrombocytopenia
- Closed · HealthWell Foundation: Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP)
- Closed · TotalAssist: Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) · up to $10,000/yr · Government insurance
- 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
Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
- Closed · HealthWell Foundation: Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
- Open · NORD RareCare: LEMS Premium Copay Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: LEMS Medical Assistance
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome (LEMS)
Leber Congenital Amaurosis
- Closed · TotalAssist: Inherited Retinal Disease · up to $8,600/yr · Any insurance
Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
- Open · NORD RareCare: Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Premium Copay Assistance
- Closed · LGS Foundation: Elevate Patient Assistance Program
Light Chain Amyloidosis
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Amyloidosis
- Open · TotalAssist: Amyloidosis · up to $5,500/yr · Government insurance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Amyloidosis Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Amyloidosis Premium Copay Assistance
- Waitlist · 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
Marfan Syndrome
- Apply directly · The Marfan Foundation: Sholton-Witte Access to Care Travel Scholarship Program
Mastocytosis
- Open · Blood Cancer United: Acute Myeloid Leukemia Co-Pay Fund (covered diagnoses include Mastocytosis) · up to $4,000/yr · Any insurance
Medullary Thyroid Cancer
- Closed · TotalAssist: Thyroid Cancer · up to $8,200/yr · Government insurance
- Closed · Good Days: Medullary Thyroid Cancer · Government insurance
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Thyroid Cancer
Merkel Cell Carcinoma
- Closed · CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation: Merkel Cell Carcinoma · Government insurance
Mesothelioma
- Closed · CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation: Malignant Mesothelioma · Government insurance
- 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
Methylmalonic Acidemia
- Closed · HealthWell Foundation: Homocystinuria and Organic Acidemias
- Open · NORD RareCare: Organic Acidemia Copay Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Organic Acidemia Medical Assistance
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
- Open · NORD RareCare: Mucopolysaccharidosis type VI (MPS VI) Emergency Relief
Multiple Myeloma
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Multiple Myeloma (Medicare Access) · Medicare patients only
- Closed · TotalAssist: Multiple Myeloma · up to $10,000/yr · Government insurance
- Closed · Good Days: Multiple Myeloma
- Closed · CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation: Multiple Myeloma · Government insurance
- Closed · Blood Cancer United: Myeloma Co-Pay Fund · up to $10,000/yr · Government insurance
Multiple Sclerosis
- Closed · HealthWell Foundation: Multiple Sclerosis (Medicare Access) · Medicare patients only
- Open · TotalAssist: Multiple Sclerosis · up to $8,000/yr · Government insurance
- Closed · Good Days: Multiple Sclerosis · Government insurance
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple System Atrophy
- Open · CurePSP: Quality of Life Respite Program
- Closed · Mission MSA (Multiple System Atrophy Coalition): Mission MSA Cares Grant
Myasthenia Gravis
- Open · TotalAssist: Myasthenia Gravis · up to $10,000/yr · Government insurance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Myasthenia Gravis Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Myasthenia Gravis Premium Copay Assistance
- Closed · Good Days: Myasthenia Gravis
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Myasthenia Gravis
- Closed · Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America: MGFA Food Support Program
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Myelodysplastic Syndromes (Medicare Access) · Medicare patients only
- Closed · TotalAssist: Myelodysplastic Syndromes · up to $8,000/yr · Government insurance
- Closed · Good Days: Myelodysplastic Syndrome · Government insurance
- Closed · CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation: Myelodysplastic Syndrome · Any insurance
- Closed · Blood Cancer United: Myelodysplastic Syndromes Co-Pay Fund · up to $7,500/yr · Government insurance
- Open · Blood Cancer United: Clinical Trials Co-Pay Fund (all blood cancers) · up to $3,500/yr · Any insurance
- Open · Blood Cancer United: Patient Aid Program · up to $100/yr
Myelofibrosis
- Open · TotalAssist: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms · up to $9,500/yr · Any insurance
- Closed · Good Days: Myeloproliferative Diseases · Government insurance
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
- Open · CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms · up to $7,000/yr · Government insurance
- Closed · Blood Cancer United: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Co-Pay Fund (ET, PV, primary myelofibrosis) · up to $7,500/yr · Government insurance
- Open · Blood Cancer United: Clinical Trials Co-Pay Fund (all blood cancers) · up to $3,500/yr · Any insurance
- Open · Blood Cancer United: 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: Narcolepsy · up to $5,000/yr · Any insurance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Narcolepsy Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Narcolepsy Premium Copay Assistance
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Narcolepsy
Neurofibromatosis Type 1
- Open · TotalAssist: Neurofibromatosis · up to $6,400/yr · Any insurance
- 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: Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder · up to $8,000/yr · Any insurance
- 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 · Any insurance
- 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 · Government insurance
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
- Open · TotalAssist: Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria · up to $9,500/yr · Any insurance
- 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
- Open · NORD RareCare: Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) Emergency Relief
Pemphigus Vulgaris
- Closed · TotalAssist: Pemphigus Vulgaris · up to $14,600/yr · Government insurance
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Cardiomyopathy (Medicare Access) · Medicare patients only
- Closed · TotalAssist: Cardiomyopathy · up to $2,000/yr · Government insurance
Phenylketonuria
- Open · NORD RareCare: Phenylketonuria (PKU) Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Phenylketonuria (PKU) Premium Copay Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Phenylketonuria (PKU) Emergency Relief
Pheochromocytoma
- Closed · HealthWell Foundation: Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Closed · CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation: Metastatic Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma · Government insurance
Polycythemia Vera
- Open · TotalAssist: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms · up to $9,500/yr · Any insurance
- Closed · Good Days: Myeloproliferative Diseases · Government insurance
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
- Open · CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms · up to $7,000/yr · Government insurance
- Closed · Blood Cancer United: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Co-Pay Fund (ET, PV, primary myelofibrosis) · up to $7,500/yr · Government insurance
- Open · Blood Cancer United: Clinical Trials Co-Pay Fund (all blood cancers) · up to $3,500/yr · Any insurance
- Open · Blood Cancer United: Patient Aid Program · up to $100/yr
Pompe Disease
- Open · TotalAssist: Pompe Disease · up to $9,500/yr · Any insurance
- 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
Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Porphyrias
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Porphyria
Primary Biliary Cholangitis
- Open · TotalAssist: Primary Biliary Cholangitis · up to $2,500/yr · Government insurance
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC)
Primary Hyperoxaluria
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Hyperoxaluria
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Primary Hyperoxaluria
Progeria
- Open · NORD RareCare: Progeria & Progeroid Laminopathies Copay Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Progeria & Progeroid Laminopathies Medical Assistance
Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis
- Open · PFIC Network: PFIC Financial Assistance Program · up to $1,000/yr
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
- Open · CurePSP: Quality of Life Respite Program
Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
- Open · NORD RareCare: Autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (aPAP) Medical Assistance
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Pulmonary Hypertension (Medicare Access) · Medicare patients only
- Open · TotalAssist: Pulmonary Hypertension · up to $9,500/yr · Any insurance
- Closed · Good Days: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension · Government insurance
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Pulmonary Hypertension
Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Closed · TotalAssist: Inherited Retinal Disease · up to $8,600/yr · Any insurance
Rett Syndrome
- Open · TotalAssist: Rett Syndrome · up to $4,400/yr · Any insurance
- Waitlist · NORD RareCare: Rett Syndrome Emergency Relief Assistance
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Rett Syndrome
Sanfilippo Syndrome
- Open · TotalAssist: Mucopolysaccharidosis Type III (Sanfilippo) · up to $2,500/yr · Any insurance
- 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
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Primary Immunodeficiency
Short Bowel Syndrome
- Closed · TotalAssist: Short Bowel Syndrome · up to $9,800/yr · Any insurance
- 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: Sickle Cell Disease · up to $5,600/yr · Government insurance
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Sickle Cell Disease
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Open · TotalAssist: Spinal Muscular Atrophy · up to $6,500/yr · Any insurance
- Closed · Good Days: Spinal Muscular Atrophy · Any insurance
- 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: Inherited Retinal Disease · up to $8,600/yr · Any insurance
Stiff Person Syndrome
- Waitlist · NORD RareCare: Stiff Person Syndrome Research Foundation Travel and Lodging Assistance
Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Juvenile Arthritis
Systemic Mastocytosis
- Open · Blood Cancer United: Acute Myeloid Leukemia Co-Pay Fund (covered diagnoses include Mastocytosis) · up to $4,000/yr · Any insurance
Systemic Sclerosis
- Closed · HealthWell Foundation: Systemic Sclerosis with Interstitial Lung Disease
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Systemic Sclerosis
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: Thyroid Eye Disease · up to $9,000/yr · Any insurance
- Closed · Good Days: Thyroid Eye Disease
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Thyroid Eye Disease (TED)
Tuberous Sclerosis
- Open · NORD RareCare: TSC Bcureful Center of Excellence Travel & Lodging Assistance
- Waitlist · NORD RareCare: TSC Copay Assistance
Urea Cycle Disorders
- Closed · HealthWell Foundation: Urea Cycle Disorders
- Closed · Good Days: Urea Cycle Disease · Any insurance
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD)
Usher Syndrome
- Closed · TotalAssist: Inherited Retinal Disease · up to $8,600/yr · Any insurance
Von Willebrand Disease
- Closed · TotalAssist: Von Willebrand Disease · up to $17,600/yr · Any insurance
- Open · Hemophilia Federation of America: Helping Hands Program · up to $250/yr
Waldenström Macroglobulinemia
- Open · HealthWell Foundation: Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
- Open · TotalAssist: Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia · up to $9,500/yr · Any insurance
- Open · NORD RareCare: IWMF Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia Travel and Lodging Assistance
- Closed · Blood Cancer United: Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia Co-Pay Fund · up to $8,500/yr · Government insurance
- Open · Blood Cancer United: Clinical Trials Co-Pay Fund (all blood cancers) · up to $3,500/yr · Any insurance
- Open · Blood Cancer United: 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: Amyloidosis · up to $5,500/yr · Government insurance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Amyloidosis Medical Assistance
- Open · NORD RareCare: Amyloidosis Premium Copay Assistance
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Amyloidosis
Wilson Disease
- Closed · TotalAssist: Wilson's Disease · up to $9,000/yr · Any insurance
- Apply directly · Wilson Disease Association: WDA Patient Assistance · up to $2,000/yr
Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome
- Waitlist · The Assistance Fund: Primary Immunodeficiency
X-Linked Hypophosphatemia
- Open · The Assistance Fund: Hypophosphatemia
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 do I find patient assistance for a specific medicine?
Search for the medicine on this page and pick your insurance. Each of the 217 medicines shows its drugmaker's copay card or free medicine program with the official link and the date we checked it, plus charity funds for the condition it treats. Each medicine's own page on Trial Friend has the same help listed.
Does Trial Friend list drug prices?
No. What a patient pays depends on their insurance and on the help they qualify for, so this page lists the programs that lower that cost: copay cards for private insurance, free medicine programs for people without enough coverage, and charity funds for out-of-pocket costs.
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.