Today, all patients accepted for treatment at St. Jude's are treated without regard for the family's ability to pay. Everything beyond what is covered by insurance is taken care of, and for those without insurance, all of the medical costs are absorbed by the hospital.

Marlo Thomas is also active with the St. She currently narrates the series Happily Never After on Investigation Discovery. She is donating all royalties from her 2004 book and CD Thanks & Giving: All Year Long (also produced with Cerf) to the hospital which was started by her late father Danny Thomas.

Margaret Julia "Marlo" Thomas (born November 21 1937) is an American actress producer and social activist known for her starring role on the TV series That Girl (1966–1971) and her award-winning feminist children's franchise Free to Be. You and Me.