Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Offers Financial Assistance to Patients

By Ellen Scharaga, Melville NY

Introduction Ellen Scharaga, an operational consultant for Alegria

Specialty Pharmacy, accomplished a reduced turnaround time for prescription fills by the company. Based in Melville, NY, Ellen Scharaga enjoys supporting cancer research foundations such as the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS).

Given the high cost of cancer treatments, LLS offers a co-pay assistance program to help defray the costs of insurance co-payments for prescription drugs for qualifying patients. To be eligible for the co-pay assistance, patients must qualify both medically and financially.

Financial Assistance to Patients In addition to the main co-pay assistance program, LLS

offers specialized financial assistance programs for certain patients. For instance, for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), the Financial Assistance Program for CML Patients can offer up to $1,000 for testing costs. In addition, blood cancer patients who have significant financial need can apply for the Susan Lang Pay-It-Forward Patient Travel Assistance Program. The funds can be used for travel expenses to obtain treatments, including ground and air travel and accommodation expenses. To learn more, visit the Society's website at www.lls.org.