b'From our Board Chair 2019 represented a year of remarkable growth for theWithout the support of the HealthWell Foundation, HealthWell Foundation. Donations in excess of $480thousands of people would be burdened by everyday million allowed us to provide a financial lifeline todecisions, such as choosing between paying for their more than 150,000 underinsured Americans, makinghealth care copayments or premiums or paying for 2019 another record year for the Foundation and ourfood, housing, utilities, and other life-sustaining needs most impactful year to date. As the demand for ourfor their families. We firmly believe that nobody should services continues to grow dramatically year overbe faced with such choices, and that nobody should year, we are honored that our dedicated corporatebe driven into poverty just because they need medical and individual donors recognize the critical needcare. We eagerly await the time when there is no longer that we are filling and continue to place their trust ina need for our services because all Americans have HealthWell. Their generosity and continued supportaccess to affordable health care. Until then, HealthWell allow us to serve thousands of underinsured Americanswill continue to provide a financial lifeline for the who otherwise would forgo critical medical treatmentsunderinsured that enables them to access critical, due to cost. Their generous contributions enable uspossibly life-saving, medical treatments they otherwise to execute our mission to reduce financial barriers towould not be able to afford.care for underinsured Americans living with chronicWe are honored to be able to assist those who have or life-altering diseases. As long as there is a need fornowhere else to turn. On behalf of our Board, thank our services, maintaining that trust will remain ouryou for your ongoing support of HealthWell and for number one priority.allowing us to continue to focus on our mission, While this trust is humbling, we believe, without beingto ensure that no one has to forgo critical medical immodest, that it is also well earned. Since its inception,treatments due to cost. HealthWell has prioritized the importance of operatingWarm wishes,in compliance with all guidance and requirements of federal regulations that govern charitable patient assistance programs (CPAPs). Indeed, HealthWell does its best to exceed these requirements in terms of ethics, compliance, and financial transparency in everything we do. It is the guiding principle under which we operateStephen M. Weiner as an organization and under which our Board and staffBoard Chairoperate as individuals.The way we define and manage our funds, develop and apply patient eligibility guidelines, maintain the anonymity of our donors and patients, and provide grant assistance continues to be a model for other CPAPs and allows us to focus on what is most important: helping patients access life-saving medical treatments. Our ability to focus on the needs of patient communities is more important than ever because health care costs continue to be financially toxic for millions of Americans. We expect the need for our services to grow even more urgent in the near future. It is our promise and our commitment to address that hardship for as long as there are underinsured Americans who struggle to access critical medical care. PAGE 4 HEALTHWELL FOUNDATION 2019 ANNUAL REPORT'