Patient Access Network Foundation uses the following criteria to
determine eligibility for assistance:
1. You have to be insured and your insurance has to cover the
medication for which you are seeking assistance.
2. The medication you take must fight the disease directly.
3. You have to be a US resident.
4. Your income must fall below 400% of the Federal Poverty
Level.
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for the Federal Poverty Guidelines
applications for new and renewal patients are accepted and
grants are immediately allocated.
Crohn's disease is a chronic disorder that causes inflammation of
the digestive or gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Although it can
involve any area of the GI tract from the mouth to the anus, it most
commonly affects the small intestine and/or colon. Crohn's and a
related disease, ulcerative colitis, are the two main disease
categories that belong to a larger group of illnesses called
inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Studies indicate that the
inflammation in IBD involves a complex interaction of genetic,
immunity, and environmental factors. Symptoms of Crohn's disease
include persistent diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever, rectal bleeding,
and fatigue.
Because there is no cure for Crohn's disease, the goal of medical
treatment is to suppress the inflammatory response. This allows the
intestinal tissue to heal and it also relieves the symptoms of
fever, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Once the symptoms are brought
under control, medical therapy is used to decrease the frequency of
disease flares.
Private insurance and Medicare are the most common types of
health coverage for patients with Crohn's Disease. Both can lead to
access issues for many patients. As a result, low-tomoderate income
beneficiaries are often unable to afford the out-of-pocket costs
associated with their prescriptions.
The Patient Access Network Foundation may be able to provide
these patients assistance with their cost sharing requirements.
