HealthWell基金会开设基金以帮助生活中的神经内分泌肿瘤患者-动脉网

HealthWell Foundation Opens Fund to Assist People Living with Neuroendocrine Tumors

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New Fund Offers Copayment or Insurance Premium Assistance

新基金提供共付额或保险费援助

GERMANTOWN, Md.

马里兰州日耳曼敦

，

April 16, 2025

2025年4月16日

/PRNewswire/ -- The HealthWell Foundation

/PRNewswire/ -- 健康福利基金会

, an independent non-profit charitable organization that provides financial assistance for underinsured Americans has launched a new fund to assist individuals living with neuroendocrine tumors. Through the fund, HealthWell will provide up to

，一家为保险不足的美国人提供经济援助的独立非营利慈善组织，启动了一项新基金，以帮助患有神经内分泌肿瘤的人群。通过该基金，HealthWell将提供高达

$15,000

15,000美元

in medication copayment or insurance premium assistance to patients for prescription drugs and biologics for the treatment of their disease. Eligible patients must have household incomes up to 500 percent of the federal poverty level.

患者因治疗自身疾病需要处方药和生物制品时，可获得药物共付额或保险费援助。符合条件的患者的家庭收入必须达到联邦贫困线的500%。

Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are rare, often slow-growing, tumors that begin in neuroendocrine cells and can occur anywhere in the body. The most common sites for NETs to occur are the digestive system, lungs, and pancreas, and can spread (metastasize) to other parts of the body. NETs can be difficult to diagnosis as symptoms can mimic other diseases.

神经内分泌肿瘤（NETs）是一种罕见的、通常生长缓慢的肿瘤，起源于神经内分泌细胞，可发生在身体的任何部位。NETs 最常见的发病部位是消化系统、肺和胰腺，并可能扩散（转移）到身体的其他部位。由于症状可能与其他疾病相似，NETs 的诊断可能会比较困难。

Symptoms can include abdominal pain, flushing, diarrhea, heart palpitations, changes in weight, high or low blood pressure, and wheezing, among others. Many patients are mis-diagnosed and treated for the wrong disease for up to 5 years. Early diagnosis and proper treatment of NETs are critical to favorable outcomes.

症状可能包括腹痛、潮红、腹泻、心悸、体重变化、高或低血压以及喘息等。许多患者被误诊并接受长达 5 年的错误治疗。早期诊断和正确治疗神经内分泌肿瘤 (NETs) 对于获得良好预后至关重要。

NET diagnoses are increasing by more than 5 percent annually and as many as 175,000 patients are living in .

神经内分泌肿瘤的诊断每年以超过5%的速度增长，有多达175,000名患者生活在。

the United States

美国

。

'Once a proper diagnosis is given, there are countless doctor's visits and a multitude of medications, many of which are life-long treatments. As a person living with neuroendocrine cancer for over two decades, I understand the emotional and financial hardship that accompanies this disease,' said

“一旦给出正确的诊断，就需要进行无数次的医生就诊和多种药物治疗，其中许多是终身治疗。作为一名已经生活了二十多年的神经内分泌癌症患者，我深知这种疾病带来的情感和经济困难，”

Maryann Wahmann

玛丽安·瓦赫曼

, Executive Director, Neuroendocrine Cancer Awareness Network (NCAN). 'Treating NETs is expensive and may be cost prohibitive for many. We applaud HealthWell for recognizing the financial burden treatment imparts on people living with NETs and for providing resources to ensure that they can access and continue proper treatment.'.

神经内分泌癌意识网络（NCAN）执行董事。“治疗NETs的费用昂贵，对许多人来说可能是无法承受的。我们赞扬HealthWell认识到治疗给生活在NETs中的患者带来的经济负担，并提供资源以确保他们能够获得并继续适当的治疗。”

Michael S. Heimall

迈克尔·S·海马尔

, President & CEO, HealthWell Foundation, commented on the fund, 'We are excited to add neuroendocrine tumors to our disease fund portfolio and to help ease the financial burden for people living with NETs. Thank you to our donors for addressing this critical, unmet need so NET patients can focus on obtaining and adhering to their treatment regimen and not the cost.'.

健康福祉基金会（HealthWell Foundation）的总裁兼首席执行官评论该基金时表示：“我们很高兴将神经内分泌肿瘤加入到我们的疾病基金组合中，以帮助减轻患有NETs的人们的经济负担。感谢我们的捐赠者关注这一关键且未满足的需求，让NET患者可以专注于获取并坚持其治疗方案，而不是费用。”

To determine eligibility and apply for assistance, visit HealthWell's

要确定资格并申请援助，请访问 HealthWell 的网站

Neuroendocrine Tumors Fund

神经内分泌肿瘤基金

page. Note that all new fund openings and fund re-openings occur at

页面。请注意，所有新基金的开设和基金的重新开放都发生在

11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time

东部夏令时间上午11点

(

8:00 a.m.

早上8点

Pacific) Monday through Friday. To learn more about HealthWell programs and our robust disease fund portfolio, visit our website at

太平洋）周一至周五。要了解有关 HealthWell 计划及其强大的疾病基金组合的更多信息，请访问我们的网站

HealthWellFoundation.org.

HealthWellFoundation.org。

About NCAN

关于NCAN

The Neuroendocrine Cancer Awareness Network (NCAN) is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of Neuroendocrine Cancer, providing support for caregivers and people with NETs, and funding for NET cancer research. Since 2003, it has been their mission, or as they like to say, their passion, to educate and support the NET community as a whole.

神经内分泌癌意识网络（NCAN）是一个非营利组织，致力于提高人们对神经内分泌癌的认识，为照顾者和神经内分泌肿瘤（NET）患者提供支持，并为NET癌症研究提供资金。自2003年以来，他们的使命，或者正如他们所说，他们的热情，就是教育和支持整个NET社区。

To learn more about NCAN, visit .

要了解有关 NCAN 的更多信息，请访问。

netcancerawareness.org

。

About the HealthWell Foundation

关于健康福利基金会

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 1.1 million underinsured patients. Since its inception, HealthWell has provided over .

健康福祉基金会是一家成立于2003年的全国性知名独立非营利组织，也是白宫癌症登月计划的资源提供者，已为超过110万名保险不足的患者在90多个疾病领域提供了安全保障。自成立以来，健康福祉基金会已提供了超过。

$4.8 billion

48亿美元

in financial support through more than 1.8 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.

通过超过180万项资助提供财务支持，使患者能够获得否则无法负担的改变生活的医疗治疗。HealthWell为因保险缺口而面临医疗困境的成人和儿童提供财务援助，这些缺口导致自付医疗费用迅速增加；HealthWell帮助这些患者分担与治疗相关的费用分摊义务。

HealthWell ranked 24th on the 2024 .

HealthWell在2024年排名第24位。

Forbes

福布斯

list of

列表

America's Top 100 Charities

美国前100名慈善机构

and was recognized for its 100 percent fundraising efficiency. For more information, visit

并且因其100%的筹款效率而受到认可。欲了解更多信息，请访问

HealthWellFoundation.org.