Scalp cooling got permanent Medicare billing codes on 1 January 2026 and four states now require coverage. What it still costs out of pocket, who the mandates miss, and the two charities that pay.
Which charities give free wigs for cancer and alopecia hair loss, what each one requires, and the exact wording and documents that make an insurer pay for a cranial prosthesis in 2026.
The 2026 QCD limit is $111,000 per person. Here is who qualifies, which IRAs work, the rules that disqualify a gift, and how to report a QCD on Form 1040 line 4c.
Who actually pays for a cremation in 2026: VA and Social Security benefits, state and county programs with real dollar amounts, the charities that fund a child cremation, and the route that costs nothing.
December 31, 2026 is the deadline, but almost no gift arrives the day you send it. The 2026 cut-off date for every way of giving: checks and the changed USPS postmark rule, card and text gifts, stock and mutual funds, IRA qualified charitable distributions, donor-advised funds, payroll, vehicles and crypto.
We read every published pricing page for 13 nonprofit auction platforms and did the arithmetic they skip. Licence, success fee and card rate compared on a real $25,000 auction, plus the IRS and raffle rules no software handles for you.
Ohio pays for car repairs through county PRC plans, not national charities — $1,500 to $2,000 in most counties that fund it. Here is every county cap we could verify, the two rules that disqualify most applicants, and the programs that do not actually exist.
Sixteen charities that place service dogs, what each one actually charges, who is open or closed in October 2026, and the grant program everyone still recommends that shut down in 2024.
Every US wheelchair assistance program verified against its own published rules on 30 September 2026 – Medicare, Medicaid, VA, the 56 state assistive technology programs, MDA, MSAA, Friends of Man, FODAC and more – plus the seven charities that top the search results and cannot help an American at all.
Illinois pays up to $900 a year toward car repairs through a rule almost nobody asks about, and your township may pay more. Here is every real route, what each one covers, and which ones refuse car repair outright.