A program that for a decade helped New York City’s poor and elderly navigate their way through insurance problems — and that became a model for a similar federal program — has become a casualty of city budget cuts, an administrator of the program said on Thursday.
The $4 million program sent ombudsmen to 25 social service agencies across the city, including the Legal Aid Society and agencies serving Latino, Asian, Polish and Jewish communities across the city.
Those ombudsmen were trained to help people obtain insurance, get health services and contest claims that had been denied by insurance companies and hospitals. The program helped about 10,000 people a year, said David R. Jones, president of the Community Service Society, which administered it.
New York City Council Cuts Health Ombudsman Program - NYTimes.com
No comments:
Post a Comment