Overview+of+Assistance+Programs

How often has your patient discontinued medication when he/she could no longer afford to continue it? This website was created to help you seek out any available Canadian patient assistance programs, whether they be public drug programs, private insurance plans or industry sponsored assistance support. We have included a section devoted to therapeutic area such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease etc. (Assistance Programs by Drug Class). Help for monitoring supplies can be found there. Please feel free to edit any pages if you are aware of [|any] updated information. Use the "Edit" tab top right corner of page. Report on your successes or failures so that others may benefit. __Suggested__ __Algorithm__


 * 1) Establish eligibility for public drug programs: ODB ; Ontario Works ; ODSP ; Trillium
 * 2) ==== Eligible for WSIB? ====
 * 3)  Consider individually contracted drug plan insurance programs such as: [|Manulife Financial]
 * 4) Association or society sponsored compassionate programs such as the Canadian Diabetes Association or the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada.
 * 5) Compassionate drug programs offered by pharmaceutical companies. See Assistance Programs by Drug Class or individual companies listed on tabs on the left.
 * 6) Sample cards for some medications available from RxHelp