The Fidelis Care Blog

October is Health Literacy Month. It’s a great time to learn how to understand and use health information. Being health literate means you can find, understand, and use information to make good decisions about your health. It can help you: • Read medication labels • Pick a health plan • Ask your doctor questions

The Essential Plan is a low-cost health insurance plan through NY State of Health, the Official Health Plan Marketplace. It has no monthly premium, no deductibles, and no or low out-of-pocket costs. The Essential Plan provides medical, dental, and vision coverage. Eligible individuals can include:

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: