How It Works

How to Receive Your Prescriptions for Free or Low Cost on an ONGOING BASIS

This organization helps people to get free medicine directly from pharmaceutical sponsors. If you don't have prescription-drug coverage or have exhausted it-and it's a financial hardship to purchase your medication, you may qualify for assistance regardless of your age. Most successful applicants have incomes that are too high for Medicaid but not high enough to buy health care with drug benefits.

The main requirement is that you need the help.  If you do not fit the standard requirement of being uninsured, under-insured or have reached a cap with your insurance coverage, or eligible Medicare Part D enrollees who have reached the "donut hole" with your prescription coverage, it’s possible that you can be accepted on appeal if you can show that paying for your required medication is a financial hardship for you.

Even if you don't fit that description, you probably know someone who does, so pass it on. Here's how it works:

You fill out an application, which you can obtain online here, or by calling 1-573-996-3333. On the application, list your name, address, phone number, your prescription drugs and the name and address of your doctor. Mail the form, along with an application processing fee of $10 for each prescription, to Free Medicine Foundation, P. O. Box 125, Doniphan, Missouri 63935-0125.

You'll receive a Customized Packet and a letter for your doctor asking for his or her help in completing the application(s). The doctor should specify your prescription and dosage and mail the completed forms to the appropriate sponsor, which either approves or rejects the application(s). If you are approved, the sponsor will usually send out a three-month supply of free medication to your doctor for you.

If you are determined ineligible by all applicable sponsores, and receive no medicine assistance, send a written request to Free Medicine Foundation, include denial letter(s) for all applicable sponsor(s) within 120 days of original application and your processing fee will be fully refunded. The beauty of this program is that if the patient is not approved, and receives no medicine assistance, we refund the full processing fee. So, the patient has everything to gain and nothing to lose. We want the applicant to have “value received”.

Read on for more specific instructions to apply for free medicine or Apply now to see if you or a loved one qualifies like millions of others already have to receive FREE prescription medicine.

Free Medicine Foundation’s function, in cooperation with the physician, is to assist patients who may qualify to enroll in one or more of the many patient assistance programs now available. These programs provide prescription medicine free-of-charge to individuals in need, regardless of age, if they meet the sponsor's criteria.

If you are approved and enrolled, your medication will be sent to your doctor and he will dispense it to you. If the program's sponsor approves your application, you will receive your medication at no charge. If you wish to begin your application process at this time, simply mail to us the required items numbered one (1) through four (4).
 

	The applicant has no insurance coverage for outpatient prescription drugs.
	The applicant does not qualify for a government program which provides for prescription medication, e.g. Medicaid.
	The applicant's income is at a level which causes a hardship when the patient is required to purchase the medication at retail.

...to be accepted into the program, the applicant's income must fall within the limits established by his particular sponsor. The household income limit requirement varies with each program sponsor.

Examples listed in the 2007 report outlining the sponsor's criteria for approval and enrollment; relate that individuals with family incomes ranging from below the national poverty level up to $80,000.00 annually can qualify. Decisions concerning which medications are provided and which individuals are accepted into the programs are made by the various program sponsors.

If you believe there is a possibility that you may qualify, and desire our assistance, please mail to us the following listed items, either by printing out, completing and mailing to us the Program Application Form or by simply writing us a letter including:

1. The name, address and phone number of the person taking the medication.
2. The name of his/her medication's.
3. The name of your doctor who prescribes the medication.
4. Free Medicine Foundation requires a $10.00 processing fee for each medication requested. This fee is payable by cash, check or money order to Free Medicine Foundation.

The processing fee should be mailed to Free Medicine Foundation, P. O. Box 125, Doniphan, Missouri 63935-0125, along with the above requested information about the patient's medication. Or you can apply online here. This is the quickest way to apply, because it takes out the snail-mail time, and the forms for you and your doctor will be emailed to the e-mail address supplied by the applicant, unless otherwise requested.) The funds necessary to support this program and distribute these informational materials are provided by the $10.00 processing fees contributed by the applicants.

Free Medicine Foundation guarantees a full processing fee refund upon written request, to any applicant who receives no medication assistance and is determined to be ineligible for assistance by all applicable manufacturers. All refund requests must include a copy of each manufacturer’s letter indicating the applicant has been determined ineligible for assistance. Refund requests must be made within four (4) months after original application is made to Free Medicine Foundation. The beauty of this program is that if the patient is not approved, and receives no medicine assistance, we refund the full processing fee. We want the applicant to have "value received", meaning that they save more than the processing fee paid to Free Medicine Foundation. Our goal is to SAVE or ELIMINATE prescription drug costs for our applicants.

Immediately after receiving your information and fee, we will respond to you either by e-mail or by return mail. One of the items you will receive from us will be a letter addressed to your doctor. This letter provides your doctor with information about this program and requests his/her cooperation. The doctor's letter will also provide an access number to your particular program sponsor. You should read, sign and forward the doctor's letter to him/her immediately after you have received and read it.

Again, the first step you must take for us to be able to assist you in the application process, is for you to return to Free Medicine Foundation the above items numbered one (1) through four (4). (You can apply online here.) Upon receipt of these items we will immediately process your information and respond to you by return mail.

These privately funded programs have helped thousands of families who cannot afford expensive prescription medicine. Although we cannot guarantee your approval, if you believe you may qualify to participate, we will be diligent in our efforts to assist you. Past results have proven our program successful. If you have family or friends who may benefit from this program, you can print an application form from this web site for them or call 1-573-996-3333 to request a free brochure/application be mailed to you.

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If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us or Click Here For Program Application Form.

If you are a medical professional or patient advocate and desire a supply of free brochures/applications designed to provide the applicant with information on how to apply for free prescription medicine, please order online here.