Health care help coming to borough via state grant to Brooklyn Alliance
A New York State grant will enable a local business group to develop a program to help Brooklyn residents navigate the changing U.S. health care system.
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on July 11 that the grant would go to the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce’s Brooklyn Alliance, its not-for-profit arm, to create and run what is known as the “In-Person Assistor/Navigator Program” for the borough.
Developed in the wake of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the goal of the Navigator – which will kick off later this year — is to provide information as well as access and enrollment to health insurance services available to Brooklynites.