New York launches COVID-19 ‘TREAT-NY’ hotline number for people without health providers to access treatment

If you’re a New Yorker end up testing positive for COVID-19, but lack a healthcare provider, you will still be able to access treatment – thanks to a recently established hotline number.

Launched via the New York Health Department, the hotline can be accessed by dialing 888-873-2869 and is available to all New Yorkers who test positive for COVID-19, despite any lack of income or insurance policies.

Those who utilize the hotline will speak with trained health experts, who will have the ability to help prescribe treatment or issue referrals if needed.

The hotline can be accessed 24-hours per-day and seven days a week. "Every New Yorker should have access to the latest COVID-19 therapeutics regardless of whether they have a regular health care provider, said New York’s Health Department Commissioner Mary T. Bassett.

“Thanks to the Department's agreement with NYC Health + Hospitals, our new COVID-19 treatment hotline at 888-TREAT-NY is another tool to reduce the barriers to treatment and will help ensure traditionally underserved communities have access to the same care as other New Yorkers."

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