{"id":2687,"date":"2022-07-21T13:51:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T17:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/?p=2687"},"modified":"2026-01-20T12:52:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:52:33","slug":"medical-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/2022\/07\/21\/medical-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical\/Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Medical\/Health<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Free\/Low Cost Health Care and Financial Aid<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/metrowestfreemedicalprogram.org\/\">MetroWest Free Medical Program<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 Free health clinic for uninsured or underinsured.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/service-details\/check-eligibility-for-cicrf\">Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund<\/a> <\/strong>(CICRF) \u2013 Financial relief for large medical and related expenses for youth under 22<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Prescription Savings<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcphs.edu\/patient-centers\/pharmacy-outreach-program\">Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) Pharmacy Outreach Program<\/a> &#8211;<\/strong> Free help with medication information and understanding prescription drug coverage, information on state and federal assistance, generic drug pricing, and Medicare prescription drug plans. Help-line<em>: 1 (866) 633-1617<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.needymeds.org\/\">Needy Meds<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; Provides people with information and resources to help find affordable healthcare, including a free app to help find prescription savings, a searchable database to find pharmacies with generic drug programs, and help with Prescription Assistance Applications.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rxoutreach.org\/\">Rx Outreach<\/a> \u2013<\/strong> Mail-order pharmacy that seeks to provide affordable medications for eligible patients (can be on Medicare, Medicaid, or other health insurance).<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prescriptionadvantagema.org\/\">Prescription Advantage Massachusetts<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 State-sponsored prescription drug program for seniors and people with disabilities to cover the cost of prescription medications. <em>Phone: (800) 243-4636 and press 2.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medicineassistancetool.org\/\">Medicine Assistance Tool<\/a> \u2013<\/strong> A search engine designed to help patients, caregivers and health care providers learn more about the resources available through other programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Educational Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/emersonhealth.org\/locations\/steinberg-wellness-center-for-mind-body\/\"><strong>Emerson Wellness Classes<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Includes classes on fitness, stress management, infant and child care, kids and teens, self-help, pregnancy, self-defense, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cancer Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/facingcancertogether.witf.org\/\">Facing Cancer Together<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 Resources and support groups for those with a cancer diagnosis, caregiving for someone with cancer, those who lost someone to cancer (including for young adults); brush painting and writing wellness groups.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.org\/support-programs-and-services\/online-communities.html\">American Cancer Society<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 Information on types of cancer and cancer treatments, advice on finding and paying for treatment, support programs, advice for caregivers and loved ones, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medical\/Health Free\/Low Cost Health Care and Financial Aid MetroWest Free Medical Program \u2013 Free health clinic for uninsured or underinsured. Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund (CICRF) \u2013 Financial relief for large medical and related &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/2022\/07\/21\/medical-health\/\" aria-label=\"Read full article about Medical\/Health\">Read full article<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2687"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2687"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3332,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2687\/revisions\/3332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}