Mayor Giuliani Announces Citywide Campaign To Enroll Uninsured New Yorkers In Health Care Programs

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News New York City mayor, Rudolph W. Giuliani, recently announced a new citywide initiative to provide uninsured New Yorkers with health insurance. The initiative, Health*STAT, will mobilize all City agencies to identify uninsured New Yorkers, and assist them in enrolling in existing health care programs. The initial focus of Health*STAT will be to enroll the City's uninsured children in health insurance programs. "Approximately 1.5 million low-income New Yorkers lack health care coverage. Of those, at least 900,000 – of whom one-quarter are children . . .