Financial Assistance

Too many times, the barrier of living donations are the expenses not covered by the transplant center or insurance, specifically for the living donor.

The medical costs related to the donation procedure (evaluation and surgery) are covered by insurance, normally the insurance of the recipient or the transplant center. Anything that falls outside of the transplant center’s donor evaluation\surgery is not covered by insurance.

These “out-of-pocket” costs could include travel, lodging, lost wages, normal home expenses (mortgage, rent, electric bill, etc.), daycare expenses, annual physicals, and other non-medical expenses.

The Meredith Haga Foundation’s number one mission is to help the living donor by providing financial grants to assist in covering these “out of pocket” expenses.

While we work directly with the transplant coordinators at the transplant center to review how we can best assist, we can also work directly with living donors.

We are currently working with transplant centers in Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee and North Carolina.

If you are a looking at becoming a living donor and are in need of financial assistance, talk with your Transplant Coordinator or you can contact us directly at info@meredithhagafoundation.org.