Who We Served in 2018

The needs of our patients guide everything we do here at the PAN Foundation. From our daily work, it’s clear that the demand for safety net programs continues to grow as the burden of out-of-pocket costs for prescription medications increasingly falls on patients. Here’s an overview of the people we assisted across the country in 2018.

Total patients assisted

182,615

Average grant amount

$5,751

Gender

50%

Male

50%

Female

Age

Under 65: 17.7%

Over 65: 82.3%

Type of Illness

Patients with life-threatening, chronic and rare diseases often require expensive specialty medications that can be challenging, if not impossible, to afford.

Cancer

Chronic

Rare

Insurance Type

Our nearly 70 assistance programs offer grants for those with Medicare or commercial insurance.

Patient Income by Federal Poverty Level

The people we serve are underinsured—with the majority living under 200% of the Federal Poverty Level, earning less than $24,280 for a single-person household in 2018.

Patients Enrolled by State

We serve patients across all 50 U.S. states and overseas territories.