Help for people who can not get insurance
- Office of Citywide Health Insurance Access: Health Care Resources for the Uninsured
- Public Hospitals (HHC) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)are required to provide care regardless of ability to pay.
- HHC Options - Through HHC Options, low and moderate-income HHC patients can get affordable healthcare. HHC helps patients apply for public health insurance programs for which they may qualify. If a patient is not eligible for public insurance, we reduce the patient’s fee to an affordable amount, based on family size and income. For example, a child in a family of four whose annual income is between $57,626 and $69,150 can be seen at an HHC hospital or clinic for a fee of $15 per visit.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Tool for the Uninsured to help find coverage
- Emergency Medicaid
- Clinical Trials.gov. Some trials are open to people without health insurance
- Hep-Cap: NYS DOH pilot program that provides medical visit support and coverage of Hep C evaluation costs for uninsured Hep C Patients. For more information, contact: Jocelyn Camacho, Project Coordinator – Mount Sinai Primary Care HCV Program – [email protected]
Information
- Options for the Uninsured Booklet. Community Health Advocates. Community Health Advocates (CHA) has created this guide to help people learn about the range of ways you can get access to health care and/or health insurance. English Spanish Korean
The Legal Aid Society: The Health Law Unit (HLU) assists clients and advocates on issues related to public health programs. These issues include:
- Barriers to enrollment in and retention of health insurance plans
- Denials of health care services
- Coordination of benefits
- Access to care for uninsured persons
- Immigrant access to health care
- Reduction of medical debt
