Education is a cornerstone of the PAN Foundation mission to ensure everyone has access to affordable, equitable healthcare.
The U.S. healthcare system is notoriously difficult to navigate, let alone understand. By providing clear education about highly complex topics, we can empower people to understand challenges they might face when accessing healthcare and empower them to act. The PAN Foundation offers educational online resources that focus on topics that are often hard to explain, including recent Medicare Part D reforms, the federal Extra Help program, copay accumulators, and alternative funding programs.
Medicare programs
Everything you need to know about Medicare reforms
To help patients and healthcare professionals better understand the key Medicare Part D reforms passed as part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, we developed an educational resource hub.
Extra Help program for people on Medicare
Also known as the Low-Income Subsidy, the Extra Help program is run by the Social Security Administration and designed to help people on Medicare drug plans pay for the monthly premiums, annual deductibles, and copays related to their prescription medications. PAN’s guide to the Extra Help program explains benefits, how to find out if you qualify, how to apply.
Programs that prevent access to care
Protecting your access to medications
Commercial health insurers have adopted programs and policies—including copay accumulators, copay maximizers, and alternative funding programs (AFPs)—that limit access to medications and increase the out-of-pocket financial burden for patients living with life-threatening, chronic, and rare diseases. We developed an educational resource to help patients and others learn about these harmful programs and how to take action.
Health equity
Health Equity in Action webinar series
In 2023, the PAN Foundation and CVS Specialty presented a four-part webinar series to equip healthcare professionals and advocates with actionable strategies to help patients break down barriers to care. Each webinar convened a diverse group of leading subject matter experts for critical conversations covering various topics, from mental health services to clinical trials to the unique challenges and needs in rural communities.
Read our webinar recaps and watch recordings of these webinars:
- Understanding health inequities
- Mitigating barriers to mental health services
- Expanding diversity in clinical trials
- Addressing the needs of rural communities
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