Healthcare
Affordable Health Care is a major issue among artists. Those who qualify with the required income via their unions are quite fortunate.
Yet, there are a number of uninsured actors that pain-stakingly tour, perform, and audition hoping to never have to face serious illness or injury.
Actors should be allowed quality healthcare should they face any medical condition. This is an issue that we take to heart and have provided some of the best resources for the industry at large.
- The American Federation of Television & Radio Artist – www.aftrahr.com
- Actor’s Equity Association – www.equityleague.org
- Screen Actors Guild – www.sagph.org
Health Insurance via a Small Business
- Brooklyn Healthworks – www.ibrooklyn.com
- LIA Health Alliance – www.liahealthalliance.com
- Health Pass – www.healthpass.com
Health Insurance via an Association Plan
- The Freelancers Union – www.freelancersunion.org
- Fractured Atlas – www.fracturedatlas.org
- Media Bistro – www.mediabistro.com
- TEIGIT – www.teigit.com
Health Insurance Programs
- Family Health Plus – www.health.state.ny.us
- Emblem Healthcare – www.emblemhealth.com
- Healthy NY – www.healthyny.com
- UnitedHealthCare – www.uhctoday.com
- Child Health Plus – www.health.state.ny.us
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services – www.cms.hhs.gov
- e-healthinsurance – www.ehealthinsurance.com
Unique Health Care Resources Available
- Artist Access – Artists may acquire health care credits via performance – www.nyfa.org (877) 244-5600
- The Partnership for Prescription Assistance – www.pparx.org
- Wal-Mart – www.walmart.com
- Vimo – www.vimo.com
- Target – www.target.com
- Duane Reade – www.drwalkin.com
- Metro Drug – (212)982-7325
- CVS – www.minuteclinic.com
- Rxassist – www.rxassist.org
- HealthCenter – www.findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov
Free & Sliding Scale Clinics
- The Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic (212) 489-1939
- New York City Health and Hospital Corporation – www.nyc.gov – (HHC)
- Williamsburg Community Heallth Center-Brooklyn_279 Graham Avenue(718)963-7820
- Artists’ Health Insurance Resource Center – www.actorsfund.org/ahirc
- Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center – www.nyc.gov – Brooklyn(718)-963-8000
- The William F. Ryan Community Health Center – 110 W. 97th Street(212)-749-1820
- MediSys Family Health Care Center – Queens(718)-278-6885
- The Miller Health Care Institute for the Performing Arts @ St. Luke’s Hospital – www.millerinstitute.org
- The Ryan Chelsea-Clinton Community Health Center - 645 10th Avenue(212)265-4500
- Unemployment and Workers’ Compensation Office – www.actorsequity.org -(Actors’ Equity Members Only)
- Columbia University College of Dental Medicine – www.dental.columbia.edu
- New York University Kriser Dental Center – www.nyu.edu/
- Lutheran Medical Center-(718)630-6875