By Jennifer Dossett (Volunteer, General public, Individual Donor)

All medically eligible patients who are accepted for treatment at St. Jude are treated without regard to the family's ability to pay. St. Jude is the only pediatric research center where families never pay for treatments that are not covered by insurance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay. In addition to providing medical services to eligible patients, St. Jude also assists families with transportation, lodging, and meals. Three separate specially-designed patient housing facilities—grizzly House for short-term (up to two weeks), Ronald Mcdonald House for medium-term (two weeks to 3 months), and Target House for long-term (3 months or more)—provide housing for patients and up to three family members, with no cost to the patient. These policies, along with research expenses and other costs, cause the hospital to incur more than $1.5 million in operating costs each day. Around $180,000 is covered by patient insurance, the remaining $1.34M/day is funded by charitable contributions.

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By Lynn Thomas (General public, Individual Donor)

The Saint Jude reserach Hospital is currently working to help eliminate cancer in children please visit and support them. And has been successful in helping many small children overcome this deadly disease.

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