To find out if you are eligible for public health insurance such as Medicaid, Family Health Plus or the Medicare Savings Program, you have the option of applying by mail.  Consumers are no longer required to complete face-to-face interviews. Application assistance and interviews, however, remain available at all Medical Assistance Program Community Offices and at the offices of all Facilitated Enrollers, on a voluntary basis.

If you are unable to visit an office yourself, a relative, friend or any person familiar with your situation may come for you. (You must supply them with a written authorization to represent you.) If you have no representative, you may request application assistance at home.  For an application packet or additional information, call the HRA InfoLine at 1-718-557-1399 or write to: Medical Assistance Program, Correspondence Unit, 330 W. 34th Street, 6th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10001.
 
If you choose to apply by mail, a postage paid return envelope will be enclosed in the application kit for your use. If you misplace the envelope, here is the address to which you should address your return:    
         Initial Eligibility Unit
         HRA/Medical Assistance Program
         PO Box 2798
         New York, NY  10117-2273

Brooklyn Medicaid Offices
Bronx Medicaid Offices
Manhattan Medicaid Offices
Queens Medicaid Office
Staten Island Medicaid Offices 

NOTE:  Offices are open from: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday except Coney Island which also opens on Saturdays 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon