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Only 5 days left until the NY State of Health insurance marketplace opens!

Posted September, 26 2013 by arianne

The final countdown has begun! The NY State of Health insurance marketplace is set to open at 8:00 am next Tuesday, October 1st. At that time, anyone will be able to log onto the website and comparison shop for health plans, get screened for eligibility into public programs and subsidies, and enroll into coverage. Still […]

NY State of Health Customer Service Center is now open!

Posted September, 16 2013 by arianne

Anybody who signed up for email reminders from the NY State of Health insurance marketplace already knows that as of today the customer service center is officially open!  A notice was sent out this morning letting folks now about it and encouraging people and small businesses to call for information.  Here is the official NY State of […]

Get Covered New York reaches Uninsured New Yorkers in Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant

Posted August, 23 2013 by carrie

Tasha Williams, left, of NYC for Action volunteered at the Get Covered New York booth Sunday in Harlem. Today’s post comes from guest blogger Lois Uttley, of Raising Women’s Voices Get Covered New York was out in force last weekend at events in upper Manhattan and Brooklyn. More than 30 volunteers from NYC for Action […]

New York Exchange name revealed – NY State of Health

Posted August, 21 2013 by carrie

Yesterday, the New York State Department of health unveiled the new name of our Health Benefit Exchange – NY State of Health, The Official Health Plan Marketplace – in an information-packed webcast. In addition to announcing the new name and logo, Donna Frescatore, Executive Director of the New York Health Benefit Exchange, announced the names […]