Program offering copay assistance for mental health visits becomes part of Lancaster foundation
Intelligencer JournalSep 20, 2017
A Lancaster program that helps people access mental health care by lowering visit copays to
Formerly known as Project Access Lancaster County, or PALCO, it’s now called the
Administrators say the copay assistance has helped 135 people in the past two years, 87 of whom are currently active in the program, and they have
From 2007 to 2015, PALCO connected the uninsured with doctors who donated care valued at
It switched to the copay program after the Affordable Care Act gave low-income people access to health insurance through healthcare.gov and Medicaid.
Now the program’s going under the umbrella of LOHF, which is supporting administrative expenses. The program’s funds come from
LOHF board chair
“So many people in need rely on this program to help them make ends meet; it would be detrimental not to continue this,” he said.
The foundation was formed in 1999 from the sale of what became UPMC Pinnacle Lititz. A couple of years ago it narrowed its focus from child health to child behavioral health.
People seeking copay assistance may contact
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