NYC Care and Asian American Federation Partner to Enhance Program Engagement

NEW YORK, NY: NYC Health + Hospitals’ NYC Care health care access program released the ‘Doctor Public Service Announcement’ video series, completed in partnership with Asian American Federation (AAF). The videos feature NYC Health + Hospitals physicians speaking directly to New Yorkers to encourage enrollment, renewals, and primary care appointments to continue driving strong program engagement. The series features NYC Care Executive Director and family physician Jonathan Jiménez, MD, MPH, from NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Cumberland, Michelle V. Soto, MD, from NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health, Huajun Huang, MD, and Khaleda K. Islam, MD, who are both from NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst. The series acknowledges the role of physicians as trusted community messengers, many of whom have experienced barriers to health care access faced by everyday New Yorkers. The videos were recorded in English, Spanish, Mandarin, and Bengali, along with subtitling in 13 languages.

“With the release of the ‘Doctor Public Service Announcement’ video series, we hope to encourage more New Yorkers to access the critical primary and preventative care services they are entitled to from NYC Health + Hospitals’ NYC Care program. The videos are available in 13 languages and feature physicians such as myself who have seen first-hand the transformative impact that access to care can have on a person, and their community as a whole,” said NYC Care Executive Director Jonathan Jiménez, MD, MPH. “I thank the Asian American Federation for partnering with us to develop the series, and to our community partners, City agency staff, and volunteers for helping us to kick off our ‘Health Care Weekend of Action’ across the city.”

“Asian American Federation is thrilled to have partnered with NYC Care on the ‘Doctor Public Service Announcement’ video series, to ensure all New Yorkers are connected to primary and specialty care,” said Jo-Ann Yoo, Executive

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Director of Asian American Federation. “The physicians in the series send a clear message that health care is a human right in New York City, and that accessing NYC Care will have no impact on ones’ immigration status. I urge all New Yorkers to share these videos widely as we work towards building a healthier city for all.”

"At the Council of Peoples Organization, we firmly believe every New Yorker, regardless of their immigration status or socio-economic class, deserves universal and equitable access to healthcare,” said Mohammad Razvi, CEO of Council of Peoples Organization. “COPO is a proud partner and supporter of NYC Care. COPO is a direct enrollment site for NYC Care and have a health insurance navigator on staff available to assist our clients and answer any questions that they may have. A majority of our clients are undocumented individuals and immigrants, so NYC Care has been a great program as it allows clients who are undocumented to receive access to affordable health care. NYC Care also helps provide our qualifying clients to be able to purchase groceries through their food program."l