Public Health Care System In New York

Public Health Care System/Hospitals

The Public Health Care System in New York is one that is very challenging. Space is a big issue in hospitals and having enough beds in order to tend to their patients. Resources are also an issue especially during our present situation of COVID 19. There are not enough resources like masks and hand sanitizer in order to prevent the spread of the disease. The public health care systems in New York City consists of 42,000 employes. NYC health and hospitals is the largest health care system in the United States. There are many choices of health care providers in the public system unlike in Mexico. Some are Gotham Health, NYC Health and Hospitals, Our health plan, MetroPlus, and OneCity Health. These are plans designed to fit certain groups of people in order to have a right fit for everyone. NYC Health and Hospitals offers access to social supportive services which another health care plans might not provide. Depending on people’s needs, these programs are built for adjusting. MetroPlus is used as the health plan for more than 500,000 New Yorkers and NYC government employees. MetroPlus offers low or no cost health insurance and has decent general coverage. Most health care systems in New York developed and came from nonprofit charitable organizations. This made it possible for people who can not afford private health care to have access to doctors when needed. A big issue in New York City is the cost of hospital and emergency room visits. Minor emergency room visits can cost over $1000 and the prices just keep growing. It is an epidemic. The city started investing $100 million dollars annually to make a new infrastructure that will allow NYC Health+ Hospitals to connect every uninsured person who enrolled with a primary care provider and make sure of a first visit within two weeks. In August of 2019 it was made so that New Yorkers who are not eligible for health insurance or are not able to afford it can enroll in NYC Care in order to get their own primary care doctor and health care they can afford. Right now, New York has a lot of work to do on their public health care system, but changes are being made.