The Fidelis Care Blog

October is Health Literacy Month. Health literacy helps you understand health information so you can make good choices about your well-being. There are two parts of health literacy: 1. Health Literacy: Knowing how to get, understand, and use information to make good choices about your health. 2. Healthcare Literacy: Understanding how the healthcare system works, including knowing about insurance, medical terms, and treatment options.

If you are looking for quality, affordable health insurance, and don’t qualify for Medicaid or Child Health Plus, then the Essential Plan offered by Fidelis Care may be for you. With expanded coverage for the Essential Plan through the NY State of Health Marketplace, more New Yorkers qualify than ever before.

Starting January 1, 2021, Walgreens and Duane Reade will no longer be in the pharmacy network for members of these products:

According to the New York State Health Foundation, about half of all New Yorkers get their health insurance through their employer, so for many, being newly unemployed brings uncertainty about how to navigate affordable health coverage options.

Missing open enrollment doesn’t have to mean missing out on health coverage.