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HealthWell Foundation

General Travel Fund

What you get

Help with bus, car mileage at irs business rate, parking with receipts, ride health, taxi, tolls and train. Applications are closed for now. Ask when they reopen.

Who starts it
You, with a document from your doctor
How it’s sent
Online, on their website
Your time
About 15 minutes, plus waiting for the document
Last checked
Aug 28, 2026

Before you start, check you fit

  • Ride Health needs two business days' notice; replenishment within 12 months depends on funding.
  • The 18-month active-grant wording is operationally ambiguous.
  • New-patient intake is closed.

  1. Ask your doctor for the documentStart here. This is the part that takes the longest.

    HealthWell Foundation needs a signed confirmation of the diagnosis from your doctor. Copy this message, or say it in person at the next visit.

    Hi [doctor’s name],

We’d like to apply to HealthWell Foundation’s General Travel Fund. They offer help with bus, car mileage at irs business rate, parking with receipts, ride health, taxi, tolls and train, and we want to be ready when the next round opens.

They need a signed confirmation of the diagnosis from you. Their form and instructions are here: https://www.healthwellfoundation.org/story/healthwell-opens-general-travel-fund-to-assist-patients-with-transportation-expenses/

Could you do that when you have a chance? I can send you the link, or bring a printout to our next visit. Thank you for everything you do for us.

[your name] · [phone]
    Copying is the only thing this page does with your text. Nothing is saved.

  2. Fill in their applicationIt is on their website.

    Open their application ↗ Checked Aug 28, 2026

    What the form asks for

    Published travel eligibility facts
    You have an active grant 18 months prior to application dateEligible transportation typeDriving distance or public-transportation cost threshold

    Have ready

    • Proof of date of service when there is no current copay grant, plus receipts for parking or other reimbursable travel expenses as applicable.

  3. Submit it on their websiteSend the document with your application, or the way they ask.

    • Do not start a new application while the official status is Closed; retain eligible receipts and use the secure process only after reopening.

After you send

Existing grantees may continue eligible claims during their current grant cycle. If you have not heard back in two weeks, write and ask whether it arrived.

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