Those interested in receiving more information or enrolling in an ACA health plan can call our Free Health Insurance Helpline at 1-833-656-2626.
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Unless the New York State government announces an extension in the coming days, the ACA, Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare health insurance open enrollment period will end on the 31st of this month.
Since March 2010, when then-President Barack Obama signed the ACA into law, our Hispanic Federation has been helping individuals and families who want coverage by providing information and practical help with enrollment.
“To understand the importance of the ACA for our community,” says Liliana Melgar Hoyos, Assistant Vice President of Health Operations for the Hispanic Federation. “You have to consider that that year (2010) our health insurance rates were the lowest of all sectors of the population. Nine years later, more than four million Latinos and Latinas had health insurance.”
During this open enrollment period, which began last November, we at the federation helped with paperwork for four plans: Medicaid, Child Health Plus, the Essential Plan, and qualified plans.
“It should be noted,” explains Liliana Melgar Hoyos, “that during 2022 many New Yorkers will find it easier to pay for their health insurance thanks to the tax credits they will receive from the American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, for American Rescue Plan Act, from the administration of President Joe Biden. That form of financial assistance will lower costs for qualifying policyholders, including, for the first time, some with higher incomes.”
In 2021, ARPA tax credits were one reason for the dramatic increase in the number of New Yorkers insured under ACA plans, which now stands at 6.3 million, or one in three state residents. The New York government estimates that thanks to ARPA, monthly savings per person on health insurance average $430.
Those interested in receiving more information or enrolling in an ACA health plan can call our Free Health Insurance Helpline at 1-833-656-2626.
But don’t waste any more time. If you don’t get an immediate response, please leave your names and phone numbers in Spanish or English, and our staff will contact you as soon as possible.
To carry out the registration process in this new period, people should have on hand proof of address and income, and identity documents for themselves or family members.
And to learn more about the Hispanic Federation, call our bilingual line at 1-866-HF-AYUDA, or 1-866-432-9832.
They can also visit http://www.hispanicfederation.org, or find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Let’s celebrate together the 32nd anniversary of the Hispanic Federation, and until the next column!
Frankie Miranda is the president of the Hispanic Federation
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Eddie is an Australian news reporter with over 9 years in the industry and has published on Forbes and tech crunch.