Health Insurance

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
click on link for “People with Medicare and Medicaid” at the top of the page (800) 505-5678.
- http://www.cms.hhs.gov/home/medicaid.asp
Healthy New York
information on insurance coverage for small businesses and individuals (866) 432-5849. - http://www.healthyny.org
Institute for Urban Family Health
helps people in the Bronx and Manhattan apply for Medicaid, Child Health Plus, and other government entitlement programs. Spanish spoken. In Manhattan call (212) 924-7744 and ask for "help getting health insurance." In the Bronx, call (718) 293-3900. - http://www.institute2000.org
New York Online Access to Health (NOAH)
provides lots of information about health insurance, including New York State programs.

- http://www.noah-health.org/en/rights/ins.html
New York State Insurance Department/Insurance Information for Consumers
describes the different kinds of subsidized insurance plans available to New Yorkers, including PCAP (Prenatal Care Assistance Program), Child Health Plus, Family Health Plus, and more. Many languages spoken (212) 480-6422. - http://www.ins.state.ny.us/chealth.htm
NYC Managed Care Consumer Assistance Program
helps guide consumers through the health care system--with information, advice, and advocacy on all types of health insurance. Services offered include finding the right health coverage, doctors and specialists to resolving billing problems and questioning or appealing treatment decisions by health plans. Hotline: (212) 614-5400. - http://www.nycmccap.org
Resource Entitlement Advocacy Program (REAP)
a service of Mount Sinai Medical Center, Madison Avenue between 97th and 98th Streets. Provides a central source of information and help to hospital patients and neighborhood residents to apply for Medicaid, Child Health Plus, and other government entitlement programs. Call for appointment. Spanish spoken. (212) 423-2800.