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Podcast: Living With Cystic Fibrosis
Episode: HealthWell Foundation - going out of the CF business?
Description: Healthwell is a foundation that helps people pay bills that impact 90 different disease groups. They cover what insurance does not.  The Bonnell Foundation will refer people to Healthwell when the financial need is greater than we can give, or if we don’t cover a certain request for funds.  Approximately 40 to 45 percent of the CF community is helped by Healthwell. Healthwell pays $25 million each year for CF co-pays in therapeutic drugs. This could all change. There is a  lack of funding from Corporate sponsors. Healthwell sent out a letter that stated they will have to close their CF Tre...