HealthWell Foundation headquarters and hotline will be closed on Friday, June 19, 2026, in observance of the holiday and will re-open on Monday, June 22, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. We encourage you to continue to use our Patient, Pharmacy and Provider Portals during this time. If you have a question that cannot be answered by visiting the portal, please send an email to [email protected]. We appreciate your patience and look forward to serving you. The HealthWell Team
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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