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Explore the public guides below, or search support programs.

Check dates belong to individual entries and match the states shown in each guide.

Benefits timelines

Last checked by entry

  • COBRA continuation coverage election period

    Last checked: 2026-11-01

  • COBRA initial premium payment deadline

    Last checked: 2026-11-01

  • FMLA unpaid job-protected leave entitlement

    Last checked: 2026-11-01

  • Health Insurance Marketplace Special Enrollment Period (qualifying life event)

    Last checked: 2026-09-14

  • Short-term disability income replacement (Texas context)

    Last checked: 2026-09-14

  • SSDI / SSI disability benefit application (existence + waiting rules)

    Last checked: 2026-09-14

  • Texas Medicaid for Breast and Cervical Cancer (MBCC)

    Last checked: 2026-09-14

Hospital financial assistance

Last checked by entry

  • Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center / St. Luke's Health

    Last checked: 2026-09-14

  • Harris Health (Ben Taub / LBJ)

    Last checked: 2026-09-14

  • HCA Houston Healthcare (system page)

    Last checked: 2026-11-01

  • Houston Methodist (system FAP)

    Last checked: 2026-09-14

  • MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Last checked: 2026-09-14

  • Memorial Hermann Health System (system FAP)

    Last checked: 2026-09-14

  • UTMB Health

    Last checked: 2026-09-14

Drug assistance hubs

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  • America's Medicines (PhRMA; formerly Medicine Assistance Tool / MAT)

    Last checked: 2026-09-14

  • AZ&Me Prescription Savings Program (AstraZeneca)

    Last checked: 2026-11-01

  • Bristol Myers Squibb Patient Assistance Foundation

    Last checked: 2026-09-14

  • CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation (CCAF)

    Last checked: 2026-11-01

  • Genentech Patient Foundation

    Last checked: 2026-11-01

  • HealthWell Foundation

    Last checked: 2026-09-14

  • Merck Patient Assistance Program — KEYTRUDA

    Last checked: 2026-09-14

  • NeedyMeds

    Last checked: 2026-11-01

  • Novartis Patient Assistance Foundation (NPAF)

    Last checked: 2026-11-01

  • TotalAssist (Patient Advocate Foundation)

    Last checked: 2026-09-14

Local help (Texas / Harris)

Last checked by entry

  • 2-1-1 Texas

    Last checked: 2026-11-01

  • CenterPoint Critical Care / Chronic Condition Residential Customer

    Last checked: 2026-11-01

  • City of Houston W.A.T.E.R. Fund

    Last checked: 2026-11-01

  • Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program (CEAP / LIHEAP)

    Last checked: 2026-11-01

  • Harris County CEAP Utility Assistance (BakerRipley)

    Last checked: 2026-11-01

  • HCAD Over-65 / Disability Homestead Exemption

    Last checked: 2026-11-01

  • HCAD Over-65 / Disability Property Tax Deferral

    Last checked: 2026-11-01

  • Medicaid and CHIP (Texas)

    Last checked: 2026-11-01

  • PUCT Critical Care / Chronic Condition Customer Status

    Last checked: 2026-11-01

  • PUCT Extreme Weather Disconnection Protections

    Last checked: 2026-11-01

  • SNAP Food Benefits (Texas HHSC)

    Last checked: 2026-11-01

  • State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry (STEAR)

    Last checked: 2026-11-01

  • Texas Property Tax Homestead Exemptions (Comptroller)

    Last checked: 2026-11-01