Merck programs help uninsured Americans receive our medicines or vaccines for free or at discount.
Merck firmly believes no one should go without the medicines or vaccines they need. We support policies to increase access to medicines and vaccines and are committed to assisting underinsured or uninsured people obtain the medicines or vaccines they need to improve their health. We have programs to provide our medicines and adult vaccines for free or at discounts to people who do not have prescription drug or health insurance coverage and who, without our assistance, cannot afford their Merck medicines and vaccines. We are proud of having these programs, and Merck is actively supporting healthcare reform that will ensure affordable healthcare coverage for all Americans.
Merck and Schering-Plough have merged as a stronger, combined company. The Merck Patient Assistance Program, the Schering-Plough Patient Assistance Program and Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals Patient Assistance Program will continue to operate independently. In the future, the existing patient assistance programs may be combined into one larger umbrella program for Merck -- through which we plan to provide access to more medicines with one simplified enrollment process.
Please use the Web sites and phone numbers below to request information and enrollment forms
Merck Resources and Information
If you have no prescription drug coverage and cannot afford your medicines, you may be eligible for free Merck medicines through the Merck Patient Assistance Program.
If you have no prescription drug coverage you may be eligible for discounted Merck medicines – regardless of your age and income – through the Merck Prescription Discount Program.
If you are age 19 or older, do not have health insurance coverage and cannot afford your vaccines, you may be eligible for free Merck adult vaccines through the Merck Vaccine Patient Assistance Program.Schering-Plough Resources and Information
Schering-Plough Cares helps low-income patients who do not have commercial prescription drug insurance coverage.
The Commitment to Care program is designed to ensure that eligible individuals, including Medicare beneficiaries who meet our criteria, have access to Schering-Plough’s cancer and hepatitis drugs.
MSP Resources and Information
Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals (MSP) Patient Assistance Program provides medicine free of charge for up to one year to eligible individuals who do not have prescription drug coverage and who, without our assistance, could not afford needed MSP medicines.
