Top Patient Helplines (Links & Phone Numbers)

Last revised: 07/31/2023

Most Used

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (800) 273-8255
Patient Advocate Foundation (800) 532-5274
Medicare/Medicaid Consumer Assistance Program (877) 267-2323
National Family Caregivers Association (707) 539-2364

By Category

Health Insurance
Managing and Coordinating Care
Medical Bills
Medicare & Medicaid
Online Doctors
Problems with Hospitals & Health Service Providers

By Illness & Condition 

877-296-9264  AIDS
800-272-3900  Alzheimer’s 24/7 Helpline
202-479-1200  Benefits Check Up
888-597-7674  Blood & Marrow Transplants
800-227-2345  American Cancer Society
800-977-4121  Breast Cancer
410-825-9388  Breast Cancer Assistance Foundation
800-808-7866  Breast Cancer Susan G Komen
888-793-9935  Cancer Support Community
800-813-4673  Cancer Care
800-552-4366  Cancer Hope Network
800-422-6237  National Cancer Institute
800-843-8114  Cancer Research
855-858-2226 Childhood Cancer
866-278-5833  Childhood Cancer, St. Jude Children’s Hospital
877-242-4543  Childhood Illnesses
877-968-7233  Chronic Disease Fund
877-422-2030  Colon Cancer Alliance
888-644-6226  Complimentary & Alternative Medicine
800-799-7233  Domestic Violence
301-496-5248  Eye Institute National
800-891-5390  Kidney Failure
855-653-2273  Kidney Foundation
800-638-8299  Kidney Fund (American)
800-955-4572  Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
855-220-7777  LIVESTRONG Foundation
202-357-3555  Long Term Care
800-298-2436  Lung Cancer Alliance
800-456-7790  Medicare Advocacy
800-333-4114  Medicare Rights
800-662-4357  Mental Health & Substance Abuse
800-950-6264  Mental Illness
800-452-2873  Myeloma Foundation
800-682-7426  Ovarian Cancer
877-272-6226  Pancreatic Cancer
866-316-7263  Patient Access Network
800-532-5274  Patient Advocate Foundation
800-296-1217  Patient Travel
800-503-6897  Prescription Drugs
877-267-0517  Prescription Drugs
800-808-7866  Prostate Cancer
800-723-9166  Psoriasis
203-744-0100  Rare Disorders
800-656-4673  Sexual Assault
800-787-6537  National Stroke Association
800-273-8255  Suicide Prevention
800-272-8255  Veterans in Crisis (Press #1)

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