HealthWell Pediatric Assistance Fund® — a helping hand for families with sick children. Imagine having a child with a chronic or life-altering illness. Then imagine learning that your health insurance isn’t sufficient to cover the cost of medications or treatments to manage your child’s condition. As if the emotional burden itself weren’t difficult enough, now you’re faced with a financial burden that seems insurmountable. Unfortunately, that is the devastating reality many families face. Being underinsured knows no age limit, no gender and no race. For families with inadequate insurance, treating childhood illnesses may mean hundreds or thousands of dollars a month in out-of-pocket costs — much more than many people earn. Oftentimes, these families must choose between purchasing their child’s medication or paying rent or buying groceries. At the HealthWell Foundation, we recognize that children also suffer from being underinsured. To address this critical issue, in August 2013, we launched the HealthWell Pediatric Assistance Fund® (PAF) to provide a financial lifeline to families of children who are in desperate need of life-changing, often life-saving, medical treatments. The PAF assists children 18 years old or younger living with chronic or life-altering conditions that their families are struggling to treat due to cost. This unique fund is specifically designed to provide financial assistance to eligible families so their children can start or continue critical medical treatments they otherwise would not be able to afford. Since launching the PAF, HealthWell has helped the families of more than 660 children covering more than 180 disease areas afford their cost-shares for prescription drug copayments, counseling services, surgical procedures, medical devices and other out-of-pocket costs. In 2017 alone, we were honored to assist over 360 children and their families in accessing critical medical treatments. To qualify for assistance from HealthWell, applicants must have some form of health insurance (major medical or prescription drug). Families must also meet HealthWell’s standard income eligibility criteria (up to 500% of FPL) to qualify for a grant. Top 20 PAF diagnoses supported in 2017 Acute Lymphoid Leukemia Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Autism Bladder Exstrophy Common Variable Immune Deficiency (CVID) Diabetes – Type 1 Down Syndrome Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Epilepsy Gender Identity Syndrome Growth Hormone Deficiency Heart Disease Hypogammaglobulonemia Juvenile Arthritis Nephrotic Syndrome Precocious Puberty Precocious Sexual Development Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Scoliosis Severe Acne PAGE 12 HEALTHWELL FOUNDATION 2017 ANNUAL REPORT