In collaboration with the Mayor’s Public Engagement Unit, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, MetroPlus Health Plan, and community-based partners, the City will be hosting a Day of Action on Thursday, December 9 to raise awareness about a critical upcoming health care deadline. The December 15th deadline is one of the last major insurance enrollment deadlines of 2021 after an unprecedented Open Enrollment Period spanning nearly 2 years because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Day of Action will feature in-person canvassing at high-traffic areas across the five boroughs, as well as peer-to-peer text and phone banks, a paid ad campaign, and an organic social media push. There will be increased staff capacity in the days following the Day of Action to assist New Yorkers with enrolling before the December 15th deadline.
New Yorkers are encouraged to connect with a Mayor’s Public Engagement Unit (PEU) GetCoveredNYC Specialist to ensure that they have health coverage going into the New Year. New Yorkers must enroll by December 15th in order to have health coverage effective January 1, 2022. The last day to enroll in health care during the Open Enrollment Period will be January 31, 2022. In New York City, Open Enrollment has been ongoing since 2019 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
On Thursday, January 6 the City will host another Day of Action to promote that the Open Enrollment Period ends January 31, 2022.
WHAT: GetCoveredNYC Day of Action canvass to raise awareness about the December 15 deadline for health coverage starting January 1, 2022.
WHEN: Thursday, December 9, 2021 from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
WHERE: Roberto Clemente Plaza (149th & 3rd Ave in the Bronx)
WHO: Adrienne Lever, Executive Director of the Mayor’s Public Engagement Unit, will be available to answer questions.
Created by Mayor de Blasio in 2016, GetCoveredNYC is the City’s official health insurance outreach and enrollment program, providing free multilingual assistance in person, over the phone and online, to help all New Yorkers enroll in health insurance and access primary and preventive care . The initiative is overseen by the Mayor’s Public Engagement Unit in partnership with NYC Health + Hospitals, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Human Resources Administration and MetroPlus Health Plan.
Currently, a special Open Enrollment period is in effect in response to the Covid-19 crisis, meaning uninsured New Yorkers can sign up for health insurance coverage through the New York State of Health Marketplace. Contact GetCoveredNYC now for free one-on-one enrollment assistance in more than 23 languages over the phone and online.
New Yorkers can get free one-on-one enrollment assistance from GetCoveredNYC by calling 311, texting CoveredNYC (SeguroNYC en Español) to 877877, or visiting nyc.gov/GetCoveredNYC
