Copayment and Premium Assistance Available to Eligible Patients with Government Insurance GERMANTOWN, Md. , Oct. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The HealthWell Foundation ® , an independent non-profit charitable organization that provides financial assistance for underinsured Americans, announced today that it has launched a new fund to assist governmentally-insured people living with schizophrenia.
Through the fund, HealthWell will provide up to $4,000 in medication copayment or insurance premium assistance to eligible people with household incomes up to 500 percent of the federal poverty level. Schizophrenia is a spectrum of serious neuro-psychiatric brain diseases in which people interpret reality abnormally. It may result in some combination of hallucinations, delusions and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impairs daily life.
Schizophrenia and related psychosis disorders affect at least 1 in 100 people in the United States – or about 2 million adults. People with schizophrenia typically require lifelong treatment. "Stigma and lack of effective treatment options can play a detrimental role in the proper diagnosis and treatment for people living with schizophrenia," said Suzanne M.
Miller , PhD., Professor, Cancer Prevention & Control, Fox Chase Cancer Center/ Temple University Health System, and HealthWell Foundation Board Vice Chair and Secretary. "Often times, diagnosis requires a multitude of tests because symptoms can vary from person to person.
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