We’ve been improving access and transforming the health of people across the country through our financial assistance programs for over 20 years.
Through our charitable assistance programs, advocacy efforts, and education initiatives, we remove barriers to treatment, champion policies that expand access to care, and help improve health outcomes for thousands of people each year—across a broad range of health conditions.
Since 2004, the Patient Access Network Foundation has provided over $4.5 billion in financial assistance to more than 1.2 million people, achieved major policy victories that increase access to care, mobilized thousands of patient advocates, and educated thousands more on critical healthcare-related topics.
$4.5 billion
provided in life-changing copay assistance
1.6 million FundFinder
notifications sent alerting people to available funds
9.1 million claims
processed to pay for out-of-pocket medication costs
By the time I had the wonderful news from PAN, I had already called my specialty pharmacy and told them to terminate my prescription and was prepared to go without medication.
Patricia Reeser, PAN Foundation grant recipient
Increased medication adherence
Through our more than 80 disease-specific financial assistance programs, we serve well over 100,000 patients each year from every U.S. state and territory. Without the PAN Foundation’s support, these patients would have faced impossible choices—with many simply going without their life-saving treatment.
Our annual survey finds that PAN Foundation’s support helps patients take their medications as prescribed, afford their other medical bills and expenses, reduce their family’s stress, and improve their overall quality of life.
Before receiving copay assistance:
50+ percent
of PAN Foundation’s grant recipients reported skipping doses or not taking medications as prescribed.
After receiving copay assistance:
96 percent
of PAN Foundation’s grant recipients reported that our copay assistance helped them take their medications as prescribed.
The relief offered by PAN Foundation’s financial assistance is universally felt among PAN grant recipients and healthcare providers alike. Nine out of ten patients told us that PAN’s financial assistance allowed them to take their medication as prescribed, relieved their financial burdens, decreased their worries about future financial problems because of their illnesses, and improved their quality of life.
Improved health outcomes
Social drivers of health—such as access to transportation—can impact health outcomes. That’s why our transportation fund helps grant recipients pay for transportation to and from activities that improve their overall health. These activities could include medical appointments, visits to the pharmacy, attending support groups, or trips to the grocery store. outcomes.
Our transportation fund is available to patients who already have an active copay or health insurance premium grant through PAN. Those who enrolled in our transportation fund experienced many benefits from increased medication adherence to increased attendance for medical appointments.
52 percent
increase in medication adherence
34 percent
increase in filling prescriptions at the pharmacy
29 percent
increase in attending medical appointments
Impact beyond financial assistance
The PAN Foundation recognizes that those seeking copay assistance often face challenges beyond their financial concerns. To provide additional support, we partner with leading national advocacy groups—known as alliance partners—to provide services like disease-specific education, community support, and insurance information.
Everyone who reaches out to PAN Foundation for financial assistance can choose to connect with one of our alliance partners to ensure they are receiving the support and services they need, whether or not they receive funding from us.
25+
alliance partners in our network
100,000
people connected with our alliance partners
70 percent
of people at PAN Foundation who say they need support beyond financial assistance
Improved healthcare access and affordability
We advocate for change alongside our patient advocates and partners through policymaker outreach and education, research and polling within our Center for Patient Research, an annual Advocacy Action Summit that brings patients to connect with their elected officials on Capitol Hill, and campaigns and patient storytelling.
To date, our grassroots advocacy campaigns have led to more than 35,000 emails being sent to Congress in support of key policy priorities.
Our advocacy efforts have led to many successes, including passage of six PAN-supported Medicare reforms in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, paving the way for increased access and affordability for millions of people in the U.S.
15 position statements
recommending policies
5 coalitions
advocating for change
100+ policy letters
sent to Congress
Legislative victories
For years, PAN Foundation has advocated for commonsense reforms to make prescriptions and vaccines more affordable for people with Medicare Part D insurance. Though Medicare helps adults afford their healthcare, the out-of-pocket costs often total in the thousands or even tens of thousands. Medicare beneficiaries have historically been the only insured group in the U.S. who were not protected by an annual limit on their out-of-pocket responsibilities – until the Inflation Reduction Act. Through the efforts of PAN Foundation and the wider patient advocacy community, six patient-centered reforms were passed into law in August 2022.
