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New York City Care program and its applicability for asylum seekers
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Council Member Gale A. Brewer seeks clarification on how the New York City Care program works for asylum seekers and its applicability to different healthcare providers. Dr. Mitchell Katz explains the program's scope and limitations.
- New York City Care is a program that organizes what H+H has always done for uninsured people.
- The program does not reimburse other healthcare providers; it only applies to H+H facilities.
- Community health centers like Ryan Health Center are not reimbursed by New York City Care for treating asylum seekers.
- The program is H+H's way of structuring care for uninsured individuals, including asylum seekers, within its own system.
Gale A. Brewer
1:41:01
And can and then we know the asylum sites that have already closed.
1:41:05
I have that number.
1:41:06
I guess my question is, I went to court, so I got a whole bunch of, asylum seekers because when you go to court and they're 21 and I'm in charge of them and they don't get deported.
1:41:16
So I got them in my house all day long.
1:41:19
So my question to you is, on the health care front.
1:41:24
So they all have New York City care.
1:41:26
So they will go I send them to the Ryan Health Center.
1:41:29
That's that's the kind of thing I should be doing.
1:41:31
Correct?
1:41:32
So that, but the Ryan Health Center, do they get reimbursed by New York City Care or do they have to eat it?
Mitchell Katz
1:41:37
New York City Care, right, doesn't reimburse anyone.
1:41:41
Right.
1:41:42
That's just our way of organizing what health and hospitals always did for uninsured people.
Gale A. Brewer
1:41:47
Okay.
1:41:48
So it wouldn't apply to any other institution, just H and H?
Mitchell Katz
1:41:52
Right, just to H and H.
Gale A. Brewer
1:41:54
Okay.
1:41:55
Alright, thank you very much.