纽约：市长曼达尼启动 HART 团队，13种语言服务助居民保住医保与粮食券
位于纽约州的纽约市市长曼达尼10月19日与市卫生局联合宣布，正式启动“健康与生活负担资源团队”（Health and Affordability Resource Team，简称 HART），帮助居民应对联邦医疗补助（Medicaid，俗称“白卡”）与粮食券（SNAP）资格新规。市府在2027财年预算中为该项目编列300万美元。
联邦 Medicaid 工作要求将于2027年1月1日生效，市府估计最多90万纽约居民面临失去医保的风险；粮食券方面，自今年3月1日联邦 SNAP 工作要求扩大以来，已有约2.65万名纽约居民失去福利。HART 由受过培训的社区健康工作者组成，可提供13种语言服务，不少成员自己就办理过这些福利。团队将把协助带入社区，优先覆盖最可能失去医保的社区，帮居民了解新规、保住福利并重新申请，同时协助申请现金援助、住房支持、防逼迁与医院账单减免。
市卫生局已向逾3.5万名医疗服务提供者及6万名社区、宗教组织伙伴提供政策指引，并举办了50多场培训。居民可致电市卫生局登记辅导员电话 347-665-0214 咨询。曼达尼表示：“医疗和营养食物不应是特权，而是基本生活所需。”（GSM 据纽约市长办公室发布及 Utica Phoenix 报道）
New York: Mayor Mamdani Launches HART Team With Services in 13 Languages to Help Residents Keep Health Coverage and Food Benefits
New York — New York City Mayor Mamdani, together with the city health department, announced on October 19 the launch of the Health and Affordability Resource Team (HART) in New York, New York, to help residents navigate new federal eligibility rules for Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The city has budgeted $3 million for the program in fiscal year 2027.
Federal Medicaid work requirements take effect on January 1, 2027, and the city estimates that up to 900,000 New York residents risk losing health coverage; on food benefits, about 26,500 New York residents have lost SNAP benefits since federal SNAP work requirements expanded on March 1 of this year. HART is staffed by trained community health workers offering services in 13 languages, and many members have themselves been through these benefit programs. The team will bring help directly into communities, prioritizing neighborhoods most at risk of losing Medicaid coverage, assisting residents to understand the new rules, keep their benefits and reapply, and also helping with cash assistance, housing support, eviction prevention and hospital bill relief.
The health department has provided policy guidance to more than 35,000 health care providers and 60,000 community and faith partners, and has held more than 50 training sessions. Residents can call the health department's enrollment counselors at 347-665-0214. Mamdani said: “Health care and nutritious food should not be a privilege, but a basic necessity of life.” (GSM, based on the New York City Mayor's Office release and Utica Phoenix reporting)
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