Important: This page is general information, not medical advice. It does not recommend or prescribe any treatment. Always consult your doctor or pharmacist before starting, stopping or changing any medicine.
About Financial Assistance
Health care can be costly. If you have health insurance, it usually pays at least part of your medical costs. If you don't have insurance or need help with costs that aren't covered, financial assistance might be available. Certain government programs and nonprofit organizations can help. You can also discuss concerns about paying your medical bills with your health care provider, social worker or the business office of your clinic or hospital.
It sits within Social/Family Issues and Health System.
When to speak to someone. Reading about a topic cannot tell you whether it applies to you. Speak to a doctor or pharmacist if symptoms are severe, sudden, getting worse, or simply not going away — and seek emergency care immediately for chest pain, breathing difficulty, sudden weakness or confusion, or a serious allergic reaction.
Research on Financial Assistance
9 studies areregistered for this condition on ClinicalTrials.gov, the U.S. National Library of Medicine's public registry. A selection is below — the links go straight to the registry entry, not to a summary of ours.
What a registered study does and does not mean. Registration means a study exists and has been declared publicly. It says nothing about whether the treatment being tested works, is safe, or is available to you. Many studies find no benefit — that is what research is for. Never seek out an experimental treatment on the strength of a registry entry alone.
Research already completed
- Basic Income Guaranteed: Los Angeles Economic Assistance PilotUniversity of Pennsylvania
- Enhanced Assistance During Radiotherapy for Unmet Essential NeedsWashington University School of Medicine
- Financial and Insurance Assistance- Oncology Financial and Legal Navigation ProgramJean Edward
- Effectiveness of Internet-based Self-help Money Management Program Among Adult With Severe Mental IllnessEducation University of Hong Kong
- Internet Assisted Obesity Treatment Enhanced With Financial IncentivesUniversity of Vermont
- Game of Stones: A Research Study That Texts Men to Help Them Lose WeightUniversity of Stirling
Study data from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 2026-07-30. Registry entries are supplied by study sponsors and investigators; ClinicalTrials.gov does not verify their scientific validity. PocketsInfo is not affiliated with, and not endorsed by, the NLM or the NIH.
Where to read more
Rather than paraphrase, we point you to the primary sources. Every link below is to a government health agency, a national institute or a recognised medical body — grouped by what you are trying to find out.
Start Here
- Get Tips on How to Navigate Medical Billing IssuesCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- How to Get Help with Medical ExpensesGeneral Services Administration
Medical subject headings
Clinicians and researchers index this subject under Medical Assistance. These are the terms to use when searching medical literature.
This page is built from the MedlinePlus health topic record for Financial Assistance, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health. Information is from MedlinePlus.gov. PocketsInfo is not affiliated with, and is not endorsed by, the NLM or the NIH. Retrieved 30 July 2026.