A daily medication that dropped off your plan, a new prescription, a supply that runs out before the money does. With a private request, the people who know you can help cover the refills, and you can say what the medication treats without ever naming it.
Free to create and free to send.
A change in coverage, a new prescription, or a refill that costs more than the month has left. The pharmacy wants payment at the counter, and the supply has a date it runs out.
You can tell people what the medication is for without naming it. "The medication I take every day for my heart" says enough; the name itself can stay with you and your pharmacist.
When Carla's insurance changed in January, the medication she takes every day came off the formulary. Her current supply runs out on the 15th, and the pharmacy needs paying at the counter.
Her request covers three months of refills, with the pharmacy receipt attached, and names what the medication treats rather than the medication itself. It went to her brother, her daughter and two friends from her walking group.
When a medication is taken every day, one refill only moves the problem a month. A request can cover several months, the stretch until a plan changes, so the people helping can see the whole span. Hospital bills belong with medical bills, and a procedure with surgery.
Name the condition or leave it out; name the medication or leave it out. Only people with the link can open the request, and you decide whose phone or inbox it goes to.
| What you keep | The entire amount of every contribution. |
| When it arrives | Once your bank is connected, each contribution reaches it in 2-3 business days. |
| How you send it | By text or email, to the people you choose, with photos and a video if you want them to see the situation rather than just read about it. You decide who to send it to. It's never listed on A Better Gift, and it stays out of search results unless you choose to share it publicly. |
Pharmacy receiptAttach the pharmacy receipt or the pharmacy's cost estimate. It shows the quantity and the price, so the request explains itself, and you can crop the drug name out before uploading if you prefer.
In your wordsSay what the medication does for you and how long you will need it, with a short video if that is easier.
Guest checkoutThe people you ask pay by card with no account to create, and a receipt arrives by email.
Your payoutStripe verifies your identity, and payouts are made only into an account in your name. Once your bank is connected, each contribution reaches it in 2-3 business days, whether or not the goal has been reached, and people can keep giving after it is.
Video updateRecord a short update once the new supply is in hand. Everyone who contributed is sent it by email, plus anyone you invited by email.
A real goalRequests start at $500: months of refills rather than a single fill, shared among the people who want you to keep taking it.
"My father's insurance changed in January, and the medication he takes every day is no longer covered." If you are the one covering it, raise it for him: the request carries his name, and as its creator you receive the payout. Or help him create his own.
Nothing to create a request. Nothing to send it. And nothing comes out of what people give you: you receive the entire amount.
