Narcisse describes NYC Care's launch and covered services
Narcisse describes NYC Care, launched in 2019 as a Bronx pilot under Mayor de Blasio and since expanded citywide. The program offers low- and no-cost primary care, specialty care, behavioral health, OB/GYN, dental, eye care, and durable medical equipment regardless of insurance, income, or immigration status.
For New Yorkers who fall through the cracks of the traditional insurance system, New York City Care by NYC Health Hospitals serve as a critical part of the city's health care safety net.
Established under Mayor Bill de Blasio, the program launched in 2019 as a pilot.
at H&H facilities in the Bronx and has since expanded citywide,
providing uninsured New Yorkers with low-cost and no-cost health care services regardless of insurance, income, or immigration status, including primary care,
specialty care services like cardiology, rheumatology, orthopedics, and podiatry.
Mental health and substance abuse services, referrals to specialists like social workers, therapists, and psychiatrists,
obstetrics and gynecology, family planning, STI testing and treatment, affordable medications,
eye care, dental care, emergency services, and other social support services, and access to durable medical equipment, which is DME by most,
to eligible New Yorker care patients.