Health Care

HEALTH CARE IN NEW YORK CITY

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According to a recent report from York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, there are 700,000 employed New Yorkers without health insurance.

Consequently, approximately that same number cannot afford preventive care and will eventually be admitted to the emergency room for an illnesses that could have been treated in early stages or could have been prevented.

Here's what NYC Dept. of Health say...

Having a job is not necessarily a passport to health insurance in New York City. One million New Yorkers – some 17% of the adult population – lacked coverage in 2005, according to a new Health Department report, and 700,000 of them were employed.

The City conducts numerous programs to reduce the number of uninsured New Yorkers:

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  The Human Resources Administration (HRA) provides enrollment assistance at its 19 Community Medicaid Office and processes Medicaid applications through organizations trained in facilitating enrollment.

• Through HealthStat, a mayoral initiative that seeks to enroll more eligible New Yorkers in public insurance, 14 City agencies facilitate enrollment at schools, at places of worships, and at community events. In 2006, more than 98,000 New Yorkers gained access to public health insurance programs through HealthStat.

• To simplify the enrollment process, HRA is exploring electronic submission of public health insurance applications.
  


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  HRA promotes affordable private options through seminars for insurance providers and outreach to business organizations. Since 2006, almost 20,000 New Yorkers have obtained health insurance coverage through these efforts.
  

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  In June 2007, the City reached an agreement with insurers to provide domestic partner coverage for purchase by small businesses.
  

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  All New Yorkers should have access to the care they need to stay healthy or get well.

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