Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) health equity
$1,500 guaranteed award | $2,000 maximum award
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This TotalAssist fund helps you pay for out-of-pocket healthcare costs, including medication copays, coinsurance, and deductibles, health insurance premiums, and other expenses. Check your eligibility with our quick and easy tools below. If this fund is open, apply today for an instant approval decision and use your grant funding right away. Learn how TotalAssist helps you.
Health Equity Funds offer help to eligible patients living in areas identified as having increased social and financial needs, as well as higher rates of chronic conditions. Eligibility is determined in part by home address zip code.
TotalAssist also offers a type 2 diabetes fund. Please note that you cannot receive more than one grant for the same condition.
Eligibility criteria
To be eligible for this fund, you must:
- Have a confirmed diagnosis and are in treatment for type 2 diabetes, or planning to begin treatment in the next 60 days, or have been in treatment in the past 6 months. This includes active surveillance of a condition
- Have government-insured coverage that covers your qualifying expenses
- Have an income at or less than 500% of the Federal Poverty Level, adjusted for your regional Cost of Living Index (COLI). What is this?
- Be a legal resident and receive treatment in the U.S. or a U.S. territory
- Be prescribed a medication or product listed in the approved medications, listed below
- Have a home address in a zip code served by a Health Equity Fund, which supports eligible patients living in designated social vulnerability counties
Quick eligibility checker
- Treatment
- Insurance
- Income
Approved medications
Patient Advocate Foundation covers all the prescription medications for each diagnosis, including generic or bioequivalent drugs, that meet any of the following criteria: FDA-approved, listed in official compendia, and/or listed in published evidence-based or clinical guidelines.
- Acarbose (Acarbose)
- Actoplus Met (Pioglitazone Hydrochloride / Metformin Hydrochloride)
- Actos (Pioglitazone Hydrochloride)
- Afrezza (Insulin Human (Recombinant))
- Alogliptin (Alogliptin Benzoate)
- Apidra (Insulin Glulisine)
- Brenzavvy (Bexagliflozin)
- Brynovin (Sitagliptin)
- Bydureon Bcise (Exenatide)
- Colesevelam Hcl (Colesevelam)
- Cycloset (Bromocriptine)
- Dapagliflozin (Dapagliflozin)
- Duetact (Pioglitazone And Glimepiride)
- Farxiga (Dapagliflozin)
- Fiasp Flextouch (Insulin Aspart)
- Glimepiride (Glimepiride)
- Glipizide Er (Glipizide)
- Glucotrol XL (Glipizide)
- Glumetza (Metformin)
- Glyburide Micronized (Glyburide)
- Glyxambi (Empagliflozin And Linagliptin)
- Humulin R (Insulin Regular, Human)
- Inpefa (Sotagliflozin)
- Insulin Degludec (Insulin Degludec)
- INSULIN GLARGINE (Insulin Glargine-Yfgn)
- Insulin Glargine (Insulin Glargine-Yfgn)
- Insulin Lispro Junior Kwikpen (Insulin Lispro)
- Insulin Lispro Protamine Mix (Insulin Lispro Protamine/Lispro)
- Invokamet (Canagliflozin And Metformin)
- Invokana (Canagliflozin)
- Janumet (Sitagliptin/Metformin)
- Janumet XR (Sitagliptin/Metformin)
- Januvia (Sitagliptin)
- Jardiance (Empagliflozin)
- Kazano (Alogliptin/Metformin)
- Levemir Flexpen (Insulin Detemir)
- Linagliptin-Metformin (Linagliptin/Metformin)
- Liraglutide (Liraglutide)
- Lyumjev (Insulin Lispro-Aabc)
- Merilog Solostar (Insulin Aspart-Szjj)
- Metformin Er Gastric (Metformin Hcl)
- Metformin Hcl Er (Metformin Hydrochloride)
- Miglitol (Miglitol)
- Mounjaro (Tirzepatide)
- Myxredlin (Insulin Human)
- Nateglinide (Nateglinide)
- Nesina (Alogliptin)
- Novolog Mix 70-30 (Insulin Aspart Protamine/Insulin Aspart)
- Oseni (Alogliptin/Pioglitazone)
- OZEMPIC (Semaglutide)
- Ozempic (Semaglutide)
- Pioglitazone Hcl (Pioglitazone)
- Precose (Acarbose)
- Repaglinide (Repaglinide)
- Riomet (Metformin)
- Saxagliptin (Saxagliptin)
- Segluromet (Ertugliflozin And Metformin)
- SEMGLEE (Insulin Glargine-Yfgn)
- Sitagliptin (Sitagliptin)
- Soliqua (Insulin Glargine And Lixisenatide)
- Steglatro (Ertugliflozin)
- Steglujan (Ertugliflozin And Sitagliptin)
- Symlinpen (Pramlintide)
- Synjardy (Empaliflozin And Metformin)
- Synjardy XR (Empagliflozin/Metformin)
- Toujeo Max Solostar (Insulin Glargine)
- Tradjenta (Linagliptin)
- Tresiba Flextouch (Insulin Degludec)
- Trijardy XR (Empagliflozin/Linagliptin/Metformin)
- Trulicity (Dulaglutide)
- Victoza (Liraglutide)
- WEGOVY (Semaglutide)
- Welchol (Colesevelam)
- Xigduo XR (Dapagliflozin/Metformin)
- ZEPBOUND (Tirzepatide)
- Zituvimet (Sitagliptin/Metformin)
- Zituvio (Sitagliptin)
About the disease
Type 2 diabetes (T2DM), also known as Type 2 diabetes mellitus or adult-onset diabetes, is a chronic disease that affects the endocrine system. Patients with Type 2 diabetes do not respond to insulin or do not produce enough insulin, which results in high blood glucose levels.
Diagnosis codes
E11.00, E11.01, E11.10, E11.11, E11.A, E11.21, E11.22, E11.29, E11.311, E11.319, E11.3211, E11.3212, E11.3213, E11.3219, E11.3291, E11.3292, E11.3293, E11.3299,
E11.3311, E11.3312, E11.3313, E11.3319, E11.3391, E11.3392, E11.3393, E11.3399, E11.3411, E11.3412, E11.3413, E11.3419, E11.3491, E11.3492, E11.3493, E11.3499, E11.3511, E11.3512, E11.3513, E11.3519, E11.3521, E11.3522, E11.3523, E11.3529, E11.3531, E11.3532, E11.3533, E11.3539, E11.3541, E11.3542, E11.3543, E11.3549, E11.3551, E11.3552, E11.3553, E11.3559, E11.3591, E11.3592, E11.3593, E11.3599, E11.36, E11.37X1, E11.37X2, E11.37X3, E11.37X9, E11.39, E11.40, E11.41, E11.42, E11.43, E11.44, E11.49, E11.51, E11.52, E11.59, E11.610, E11.618, E11.620, E11.621, E11.622, E11.628, E11.630, E11.638, E11.641, E11.649, E11.65, E11.69, E11.8, E11.9
How to apply
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If your fund is open, apply online 24/7, or call 866-512-3861, Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 5:30pm ET.
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Answer pre-screening questions to confirm eligibility. Have your income, medication, diagnosis, and insurance information ready.
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Complete the application and get an instant approval decision. You can begin using your grant right away.
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