Cover the Uninsured Week Kicks Off for the Tri-Lakes

SARANAC LAKE - The Tri-Lakes Uninsured Task Force is sponsoring a series of Health Insurance Eligibility Screenings during this year's Cover the Uninsured Week Campaign, which is being observed nationally March 14-20. 

Screenings are scheduled for the following dates in the communities of Lake Placid, Malone, Saranac Lake and Tupper Lake:

Saturday, March 13: Kinney Drugs, Saranac Lake, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.; Kinney Drugs, Tupper Lake, 2 - 5 p.m.

Sunday, March 14: Kinney Drugs, Malone, West Main Street store, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.; East Main Street store, 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 16: Tupper Lake Health Center, Tupper Lake, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Wednesday, March 17: Lake Placid Health Center, Lake Placid, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Monday, March 22*: Kindergarten Registration, Petrova Elementary School Auditorium, Saranac Lake, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Tuesday, March 23*: Petrova Elementary School Auditorium, Saranac Lake, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

* The snow day date for events on March 22 and 23 will be March 24.

According to December, 2008 phone survey in the Tri-Lakes region, approximately 12 percent, or 2,500 adults and 4 percent (or 270) children locally are without health insurance.  "Our objective is to make sure people are aware the State of New York offers several low and no-cost programs for which they may be eligible," said Laura Duncan, Coordinator for the Tri-Lakes Uninsured Task Force.

To help people find out what they may be eligible for, the Task Force has organized a series of Health Insurance Eligibility Screenings.  The screenings are free and open to any one who is currently without insurance, or anyone concerned that they may soon become uninsured.  It takes approximately 10-15 minutes to be screened. 

Cover the Uninsured Week is a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and is a national effort to highlight the fact that too many Americans are living without health insurance.  The Tri-Lakes Uninsured Task Force has participated locally since 2003.

For more information about the Health Insurance Eligibility Screenings or the low and no-cost programs offered by the State of New York, please call AMC's Health Insurance Enrollment Office at 897-2725.

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