Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) - TotalAssist (formerly Co-Pay Relief)

Estimated processing time

The organization does not publish an estimated application processing time.

What the organization funds

• Treatment ⚠ partial
• Medicines ✅ funded
• Tests ❌ not covered
• Rehabilitation ❌ not covered
• Transport ❌ not covered
• Accommodation ❌ not covered
• Consultations ⚠ partial
• Medical equipment ❌ not covered

• Treatment: office visit charges the day of treatment and administration charges
• Medicines: medication copays, coinsurance, deductibles
• Consultations: office visit charges the day of treatment

Who can apply?

• •Must have active health insurance covering the medication/treatment.
• •Diagnosis must fall under one of roughly 150 currently open disease-specific funds (availability depends on the fund).
• •Income-based qualification by household size and income (per earlier program guidance: 300-400% of the federal poverty guideline, adjusted for cost of living) - confirm the current threshold at the source.
• •Must reside in the U.S. or a U.S. territory.

Commonly required documents

• •The initial quick online eligibility check requires no documents or personal information.
• •The detailed document list for a full application is not published on the homepage - it appears during the application process.

Who this program is best suited for

• ✓insured patients struggling with high co-pays for oncology medications
• ✓people who want to quickly check eligibility without preparing documents in advance