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Give nowThe PAN Foundation and the Gaucher Community Alliance today announced they are launching a new partnership to help people living with Gaucher disease, providing up to $10,200 per year in financial assistance and support services for patients and their caregivers or loved ones. Gaucher disease is a rare genetic disorder resulting from a buildup of … Continued
From September 15 to October 15, 2022, the PAN Foundation recognizes National Hispanic Heritage Month to celebrate the history and culture of Hispanic and Latino Americans. National Hispanic Heritage Month was first established as Hispanic Heritage Week in 1968 by the Johnson administration before being expanded to the current heritage month in 1988. For many … Continued
Editor’s note: These changes to the Medicare Part D program will not affect status or grant amounts of current grant recipients. There are six key health provisions, signed into law through the Inflation Reduction Act, that will take effect in the coming months and years. The PAN Foundation has advocated for lower out-of-pocket costs for … Continued
The PAN Foundation and the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America announced today that they are launching a new partnership to help people living with myasthenia gravis, providing up to $13,000 per year in financial assistance and support services for patients and their loved ones. Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune, neuromuscular disease that causes weakness … Continued
As the billing and authorization manager at Suncoast Rheumatology, Melani spends her days working directly with patients to help them afford life-saving therapies. It’s Melani’s job to analyze her patients’ benefits and authorize treatment with insurance companies. “I discuss the insurance verification process with patients and come up with options to help them be able … Continued
The PAN Foundation commends the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s final rule, announced recently, that will allow millions of Americans to access over-the-counter hearing aids, beginning in October. Until now, all hearing aids, which are often not covered by Medicare and commercial health insurance plans, required specialty doctor’s visits to be fitted and could cost … Continued
The PAN Foundation is celebrating after the president signed four key Medicare reforms into law today through the Inflation Reduction Act, legislation that will make prescriptions and vaccines more affordable for 49 million people with Part D coverage.
The PAN Foundation today opened a new financial assistance program for people living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, providing up to $6,800 per year for eligible patients. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a genetic disease characterized by progressive muscle weakness and atrophy that primarily affects skeletal muscles and cardiac muscles, typically beginning in childhood. According to the … Continued
With monthly out-of-pocket costs for his prescriptions exceeding $12,000, for George Valentine, the possibility of monthly and annual limits is exciting. “I really feel helpless, as far as being able to predict and support my out-of-pocket drug costs,” he said of the existing Medicare Part D structure. The PAN grant recipient was interviewed in an … Continued
“I don’t have to worry about my disease. I have to worry about my copay,” said Joan Durnell Powell, in a recent interview with HuffPost. The PAN grant recipient described the challenges of affording her medications on a fixed income in an article describing some of the Medicare reforms that were part of the proposed … Continued
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