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"Through the WellPoint Foundation's grant making, we can help reduce thenumber of uninsured and ultimately create a healthier generation ofAmericans," said Caz Matthews, president, WellPoint Foundation. "We arepleased to have awarded this grant to The CoverMe Foundation to connectuninsured with health care coverage options."
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The CoverMe Foundation is an organization dedicated to improving theoverall health of citizens in communities throughout the United States byassisting consumers through the entire process of locating and accessinghealth care coverage. The CoverMe Foundation will use the WellPoint Foundationgrant to help those who qualify for government programs apply for health carecoverage.
The CoverMe Foundation will also refer those who qualify for commercialplans to the eHealth Insurance program - a program designed to informuninsured consumers about health insurance and other alternatives available tothem and their families. Resources include national and state publicassistance programs, as well as low-cost health insurance alternativesavailable on the private market.
"We recognize that many uninsured do not know they are eligible forgovernment programs or do not know where to go for assistance, and that is whywe first educate and then assist the applicant via our facilitation expertiseto gain access to our programs," said Alec Shea, president, The CoverMeFoundation. "This grant from WellPoint Foundation will help us achieve ourgoal for long-term health, and we are delighted to serve our communities on avariety of levels in order to achieve it."
Assistance is available by calling 1-877-NSURME1 or through The CoverMeFoundation's Web site at www.covermefoundation.org . Assistance is alsoavailable in Spanish by calling 1.877.8.CUBREME or atwww.fundacioncubreme.org.
The WellPoint Foundation supports not-for-profit organizations whoseprojects and programs align with the Foundation's key initiatives, whichinclude working to reduce the number of uninsured Americans and promotingHealthy Generations, a program to improve public health outcomes incommunities across the nation.
About the WellPoint Foundation:
The WellPoint Foundation, Inc. is a private, non-profit organizationwholly funded by WellPoint, Inc. Through charitable contributions andprograms, the Foundation promotes WellPoint's inherent commitment to enhancethe health and well-being of individuals and families in communities thatWellPoint's affiliate health plans serve. With combined assets of $200million, the Foundation focuses its funding on strategic initiatives thataddress and provide innovative solutions to reduce the number of uninsured aswell as organizations that promote the Healthy Generations Program, amulti-generational initiative that targets specific disease states and medicalconditions. These disease states and medical conditions include: prenatal carein the first trimester, low birth weight babies, cardiac morbidity rates, longterm activities that decrease obesity and increase physical activity, diabetesprevalence in adult populations, adult pneumococcal and influenza vaccinationsand smoking cessation. The Foundation also coordinates the company's annualassociate giving campaign and provides a 50 percent match of associates'campaign pledges. To learn more about the WellPoint Foundation please visitwww.wellpointfoundation.org.
About WellPoint, Inc.:
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