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Families in Crisis - Medical Assistance

If you have a question or concern, try calling your hospital to see if it has a free telephone hot line.

Your Doctor's Competency and Medical Accountability

Government Organizations:

	SCHIP - State Children’s Health Insurance Program - 1-877-KIDSNOW or 1-877-543-7669 (a toll-free number) - provides access to free health and dental care for low-income families.
	U.S. National Library of Medicine PubMed (Free Access to Medline) - also contains information in Spanish
	healthfinder - "a gateway consumer health and human services information web site from the United States government." (contains information in Spanish)
	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly the Health Care Financing Administration)
	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Bureau of Primary Health Care
	Indian Health Service (U.S. DHHS) - "supports a network of 37 hospitals, 60 health centers, 3 school health centers, 46 health stations and 34 urban Indian health centers to provide services to nearly 1.5 million American Indians and Alaska Natives of 557 federally recognized tribes."

	U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - Consumer Guide to buying prescriptions online
	U.S. Food and Drug Administration - "Buying Medicines and Medical Products Online"
	National Center of Medical Home Initiatives for Children with Special Needs - a cooperative agreement between the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau to ensure that children with special needs have a "medical home."
	MedLine (National Institutes of Health) - also contains information in Spanish
	PubMed (National Library of Medicine) - an archive of published medical journals (some are not free)
	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
	DisabilityInfo.gov - directory of government resources for people with disabilities
	The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (launched by the National Human Genome Research Institute and the National Institutes of Health's Office of Rare Diseases): has a new information hot line for Americans with a rare or genetic condition: 1-888-205-2311
	"66 Ways to Save Money" - from the Federal Consumer Information Center and the Consumer Literacy Consortium. Offers tips for ways to save money on prescriptions.

National Medical (and Related) Organizations:

	Medem - "Healthcare Information brought to you by The Nation's Medical Societies"
	MayoClinic.com
	American Academy of Pediatrics
	KidsHealth
	The American Dental Association - if you can't afford dental care, the ADA will try to help you.
	The American Academy of Pediatrics - helps you navigate the SCHIP program.
	Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) National Resource Center - goals are to ensure that state-of-the-art emergency medical care is available for all ill or injured children and adolescents; that pediatric services are integrated into an EMS system; and that emergency services, including primary prevention of illness and injury, acute care, and rehabilitation, are provided to children and adolescents.
	National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions
	National Health Care for the Homeless Council, Inc.
	WebMD - information on health topics
	National Association of Insurance Commissioners Go to Top

Other Organizations and Advocates:

	Medicare Rights Center - an independent source of Medicare information
	Corporate Angel Network, Inc. - arranges "passage for cancer patients using the empty seats on corporate aircraft"
	Covering the Uninsured - a national campaign to raise awareness and seek solutions
	Families USA - dedicated to affordable health care for all
	Covering Kids - a national health access initiative for low-income, uninsured children.
	Kaiser Family Foundation - "A Consumer Guide to Handling Disputes with Your Private or Employer Health Plan"
	Your Doctor's Competency and Medical Accountability
	Sight for Students - can provide free eye care for low-income families
	If you live in a location with a Shopko retail outlet, check to see if it participates in Shopko's Project Eyecare, which helps provide eye examinations and eyewear to low-income families.
	Starkey Hearing Foundation - donates more than 10,000 hearing aids annually
	Save a Child's Heart - provides pediatric surgery and follow-up care to children from third-world and developing countries
	Operation Smile - provides "reconstructive surgery and related health care to indigent children and young adults in developing countries and the United States."
	The Smile Train - 1-877-KID SMILE - "Dedicated to helping the millions of children in the world who suffer from cleft lip and palate through free surgery for children, free training for doctors, and research to find a cure."
	Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres)
	Doctors of the World
	Partners in Health - nonprofit campaign to bring medicine to poor countries and populations
	Locks of Love - 1-888-896-1588 - "provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children across the U.S. under age 18 suffering from long-term medical hair loss."
	Wheelchair Foundation - goal is to provide a wheelchair to anyone who needs one

	MedicineNet.com - "100% Doctor-Produced Healthcare Information"
	Children's Miracle Network
	Lions Clubs - provides assistance with eye care (exams, glasses, and surgery), hearing exams, hearing aids and medical assistance for diabetics
	Shriners Hospitals - 1-800-237-5055 - an index of the 22 Shriners Hospitals in North America that provide free specialized medical care to children.
	Ronald McDonald House - search Internet for location closest to you.
	St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
	Hospitality for Family and Friends, Inc. - arranges for hotel rooms for families in need
	Patient Advocate Foundation - 1-800-532-5274 - serves as a liaison between the patient and the insurer, employer and/or creditors to resolve insurance, job discrimination and/or debt crisis matters relative to their diagnosis.
	The Silver Lining Foundation - a ranch in Aspen, CO, run by former tennis star Andrea Yeager, for children with life-threatening illnesses - 1490 Ute Ave., Aspen, CO, 81611, 970-925-9540.
	Hole in the Wall Gang Camp - for children with serious blood diseases
	Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
	Safer Child Support Section for Parents of Children Who Are Mentally or Physically Ill or Disabled - for other support organizations
	Safer Child Support Section on Parents' Health

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