Question:
I read a billboard on the way to the office this morning which I
think might be of interest to many New Yorkers who do not have health
care coverage. It is a health care plan provided/subsidized by NYS.
It is called:
Family Health Care Plus Insurance.
The URL is: http://www.lipc.org/fhp.htm
You are eligible even if you work. The URL gives all the particulars.
It includes health, dental, vision, etc.
Answer:
Coverage for childless adults depends on New York State receiving a
federal waiver from the Health Care Financing Administration. A waiver
that no other state has ever received
The Oregon Health Plan has been around for about 5 years and does
exactly what you say - provides essential health coverage for folks
who are not covered through their work. Household income is the other
qualifier.
http://www.omap.hr.state.or.us/ohp/3256_0202.html
Since it clearly states it is available to immigrants of legal status
and immigrants can obtain welfare and other means tested benefits after
being here a said amount of time, wonder if it is means tested.
