• By admin  |  Oct 12, 2010

    More Balk at Cost of Prescriptions

    Growing numbers of Americans with health insurance are walking away from their prescriptions at the pharmacy counter, the latest indication that efforts to contain costs may be curbing health-care consumption. A review of insurance-claims data shows that so-called abandonment—when a patient refuses to purchase or pick up a prescription that…more.

  • By admin  |  Mar 26, 2010

    HealthWell Foundation Vows to Continue Safety-Net Support for People in Need

    GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 25 /PRNewswire/ — The HealthWell Foundation, a national nonprofit that helps underinsured Americans afford their medical treatments, applauds lawmakers for passing the historic health care reform bill this week. While the bill extends coverage to millions of uninsured people, it does not adequately address the problem of…more.

  • By admin  |  Mar 26, 2010

    HealthWell: Underinsured Still Need More Help

    The new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may help many consumers pay their health bills, but it will leave many gaps in coverage, a nonprofit group says. The nonprofit group, the HealthWell Foundation, Gaithersburg, Md., helps underinsured people who have health coverage cope with gaps in coverage. The foundation…more.

  • By admin  |  Jan 1, 2010

    Top Empowered Patient Tips for 2010

    Being an empowered patient means doing more than the bare minimum. It means taking an active part in your own health care. Over the past year, we’ve brought you the extraordinary stories of ordinary people who took health problems into their own hands — from a young girl who diagnosed…more.

  • By admin  |  Nov 24, 2009

    America’s 200 Largest Charities

    Think the now-famous richest 1% of all Americans have a big concentration of economic power? Take a look at our 13th annual list of the 200 Largest U.S. Charities. They aren’t even 2/100th of 1% of the country’s 1.2 million tax-exempt organizations. Yet in their most recent fiscal year the…more.

  • By admin  |  Sep 23, 2009

    Underinsured but Cancer-Free Thanks in Part to Charity Help

    After a breast cancer diagnosis, Virginia Pivik of Denver underwent a mastectomy in October 2007 and began chemotherapy and a year-long Herceptin regimen. The following July, she lost her job when the radio station where she worked as a producer and on-air talent folded. Pivik, 32, said she was able…more.

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