HealthWell Foundation Invited to Participate in The White House Minority Health Forum

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Apr 18, 2024, 07:00 ET

HealthWell's Chief Development Officer, Alan Klein, to Attend and Engage in Breakout Session

GERMANTOWN, Md., April 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The HealthWell Foundation®, an independent non-profit charitable organization that provides financial assistance for underinsured Americans, is honored to announce its participation in the White House Minority Health Forum taking place today, April 18, 2024. Alan Klein, HealthWell Foundation Chief Development Officer, will attend the Forum and participate in the breakout session: Making Innovation & Research Work for Everyone.

The White House Minority Health Forum aims to highlight progress, discuss challenges, and identify new actions from the federal government and the private sector to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequities. The Office of Science & Technology Policy will convene key health leaders, advocates, physicians, researchers, and administration officials for the Forum.

"We were honored by The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's invitation to take part in this critical discussion among key health leaders," said HealthWell Foundation Board Chair, David L. Knowlton. "We are pleased to be represented among this prestigious group by our Chief Development Officer, Alan Klein, who devotes a great deal of his time to determining where there are gaps in health care. Since 2003, the HealthWell Foundation has worked diligently to reduce financial barriers to care for underinsured American's who would otherwise forgo critical, often lifesaving, medical treatments due to cost. As a resource for the Cancer Moonshot initiative, we have committed to launching new programs to improve health outcomes and health inequities for oncology patients and look forward to continuing timely discussions with key stakeholders to identify new opportunities to serve those in need."

View the livestream discussion today at 11:30 a.m. ET here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3PWXqbQ_qk. To learn more about HealthWell programs and our robust disease fund portfolio, visit HealthWellFoundation.org.

About the HealthWell Foundation
A nationally recognized, independent non-profit organization founded in 2003 and a resource to the White House Cancer Moonshot Initiative, the HealthWell Foundation has served as a safety net across over 90 disease areas for more than 930,000 underinsured patients. Since its inception, HealthWell has provided over $4 billion in financial support through more than 1.5 million grants to access life-changing medical treatments patients otherwise would not be able to afford. HealthWell provides financial assistance to adults and children facing medical hardship resulting from gaps in their insurance that cause out-of-pocket medical expenses to escalate rapidly; HealthWell assists with the treatment-related cost-sharing obligations of these patients. HealthWell ranked 23rd on the 2023 Forbes list of America's Top 100 Charities and was recognized for its 100 percent fundraising efficiency. For more information, visit HealthWellFoundation.org.

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