The New York City's effort to Connect People without Health Insurance to Primary Care at NYC Health + Hospitals will Officially start Aug. 1st in the Bronx, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday.
The Mayor's Office expects 10,000 People to Sign Up for NYC Care within the first Six months of the Program and will hire Seven Doctors in the Borough to serve those Patients.
The Patients will have 24/7 Access to a Customer-Service Line and Hospital-based Pharmacies.
The $100 Million NYC Care Program does Not provide Participants with Access to Medical Care at any Private Doctor, Hospital, or Pharmacy.
It will Charge Sliding-Scale Co-Payments based on an Individual's Income and Encourage People to Enroll in MetroPlus if they Earn too much to Qualify.
The Card includes a Member ID Number, the Name of an Individual's Primary-Care Physician, and a Customer-Service Phone Number.
People are Eligible if they have Lived in the City for at least Six Months and do Not have an Affordable Insurance Option or are Ineligible for Insurance.
NYC Health + Hospitals always has welcomed any Patient whether or Not they have Insurance.
The Difference is the Priority of Connecting Uninsured Patients to Primary Care before they go to a City Emergency Room with a Crisis.
Marielle Kress started this week as the First Executive Director of NYC Care. She was Previously Director of Federal Advocacy for the American Academy of Pediatrics and formerly Served as an Adviser within the Federal Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, helping States Expand their Medicaid Programs.
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