Missouri has two chapters:
St. Louis: http://www.jdrfstl.org/
Kansas City: www.jdrf.org/kansascity

Formally known as Missouri Medicaid, Missouri Health Net has health insurance programs to help Missouri families and those that are elderly or disabled.  If eligible for MO HealthNet, you may also qualify for transportation assistance related to your medical care.

• For Women, children and parents with young children, MC+ is based on income and resources
• MO HealthNet for Aged, Blind or Disabled (MOHABD) is for person age 65 or older or unable to work due to a mental or physical disability for 12 months or longer.  This program is based on income and resources
• Breast and Cervical Treatment Medicaid program is for women with breast or cervical cancer. There are special eligibility criteria with this program (Enrolled in Show Me Healthy Women or MO HealthNet's Women's Health Services program).

http://www.marrow.org/PATIENT/index.html?src=tabpatients Call 888-999-6743.
You must go through a transplant center for financial assistance. There are five Missouri transplant centers:

• Saint Luke's Blood & Marrow Transplant Program Financial Representative: Laura Cross, 816-932-5974
• The Children's Mercy Hospital Blood and Marrow Transplant Program Financial Representative: Amy Mann, 816-802-1231
• Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University School of Medicine Siteman Cancer Center Financial Representative: Pamela Rutledge, 314-454-8358
• Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Hematology/Oncology Financial Representative: Faye Williams-314-989-3027
• St. Louis University Hospital Transplant Services Financial Representative: Joanne Kelly, 314-577-8867 ext. 22317

Effective Jan. 1, 2008, new legislation implemented important provisions to help reduce the number of Missourians without health insurance through portability and fairer tax treatment among all health care consumers. The legislation designated MHIP as a qualified coverage option under the Trade Adjustment Assistance Act (TAA). This designation provides a tax deduction for all Missourians for health insurance premiums included in their federally adjusted gross income.

The Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002 (TAA) created a federal tax credit that subsidizes private health insurance coverage for:

• Displaced workers certified to receive certain TAA benefits
• Older workers receiving ATAA benefits
• Individuals receiving benefits from PBGC

As of March 2011, the tax credit is 65 percent of the premium paid by eligible individuals for qualified health insurance coverage. This credit is referred to as the Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) and is administered by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Two options are available to an eligible individual to receive the benefit. Taxpayers may:

• Claim the 65 percent credit on their federal tax return at the end of the year, OR
• Obtain an advance credit of 65 percent, which requires the taxpayer to pay the 35 percent balance of the monthly premium.

Additional information on the HCTC is available here
Additional information on the HCTC for PBGC recipients is available here.