How to Apply for the Family Health Plus Plan
Unlike many other plans to apply for the Family Health Plus Plan for health insurance you will be required to have a personal interview at which time you will also be required to complete an application form and provide various pieces of information.At the same time, you will be expected to pick which health plan is applicable for you and being covered under. It is important at this time to know which plan your current doctor is covered under and which facilities and services will work best for both you and your family members. The Family Health Plus plan has special facilitators for enrolment available near your work or home location to make the enrolment process easier for you and to answer your questions, and some of these facilitators are even available after hours and on weekends, at locations throughout the State, to ease your concerns.
Often local social services officers and district representative are available to help you with your application into the Family Health Plus Plan, as well.Either of these facilitators will be happy to make an appointment with you to help make your choice of health plan as well as complete your application form. To find out where to call to set up an appointment in your area, click on your county below:
Albany Allegany Bronx Broome Cattaraugus Cayuga Chautauqua Chemung Chenango ClintonColumbia Cortland Delaware Dutchess Erie Essex Franklin Fulton Genesee Greene HamiltonHerkimer Jefferson Kings (Brooklyn) Lewis Livingston Madison Monroe Montgomery NassauNew York (Manhattan) Niagara Oneida Onondaga Ontario Orange Orleans Oswego OtsegoPutnam Queens Rensselaer Richmond (Staten Island) Rockland Saratoga SchenectadySchoharie Schuyler Seneca St. Lawrence Steuben Suffolk Sullivan Tioga Tompkins UlsterWarren Washington Wayne Westchester Wyoming Yates
During your interview with the facilitator, you will be asked questions about your family, income, resources, illnesses, injuries, housing expenses, residency, and other health insurance.You will need to supply proof of residency, social security number, proof of birth and financial resources, as well as other documentation as needed by the facilitator.After you have completed the application, the facilitator will let you know whether you are eligible and if you qualify for the health plan you have chosen.
You will receive a letter notifying you that you are eligible and what health plan you have chosen, as well as a welcome letter and your member ID card in the mail.If you need services before your member ID card arrives, your welcome letter can be used in place at the doctor’s clinic or hospital in your health plan. You will also receive a handbook about your health plan, which will explain to you what services you are covered for and how to get health care.After, you will then receive a Benefit ID card, which will give you access to youor prescription drug benefits.
