Financial Assistance in Queens, NY
Choices will never turn patients away simply because they can’t afford care. If you’re one of the many people wondering, “Where can I get free or low cost health services?” staff members will help create a financial plan that suits each patient’s individual circumstances, including Emergency Medicaid, because no one should have to compromise the quality of their health care due to their economic status.
As a National Abortion Federation (NAF) member clinic, patients may be eligible for limited financial assistance.
Fast Track Emergency Medicaid
Choices Women’s Medical Center provides New York State Emergency Medicaid to cover pregnancy-related services including prenatal care and abortion. You can apply on-site and be approved the same day as your appointment.
For more information on qualifications and how to apply, please call 718-SAY-CARE and ask for the Medicaid Department. You will be asked to come to the clinic with the proper documents. You will find out immediately whether or not you qualify.
Please bring the following original documents with you:
- Valid photo ID (must be government issue and cannot be expired)
- Birth Certificate or Passport (if your Birth Certificate is in a foreign language, you must have a notarized translation to English)
- Social Security Card (if applicable)
- Proof of Address (must be under the patient’s name and dated within 3 months. PO Box addresses are not accepted)
- Proof of Income OR, if you are a full time student under the age of 21, Proof of Enrollment
- Medicaid approval lasts for 45 days and does not cover the cost of prescriptions.
Choices accepts Medicaid from New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Delaware. Choices will ask for prior authorization, if required.
Family Planning Benefit Program (FPBP)
Choices is one of the only medical centers with on-site enrollment into the Family Planning Benefit Program (FPBP) that offers same-day application and same-day procedure. With proper documentation, FPBP provides FREE family planning and GYN visits as well as FREE round trip Metrocards to Choices.
Eligibility for FPBP:
- You are a female or male of childbearing age
- You are a New York State resident
- You are a U. S. citizen, national, Native American, have satisfactory immigration status, or hold a non-immigrant Temporary Visa
- You meet certain income requirements (currently under 223% of the Federal Poverty Level)
- You are not already enrolled in Medicaid
If you do not qualify for FPBP, you may qualify for The Family Planning Extension Program (FPEP).
Services that are covered:
- All types of birth control
- Emergency contraception (the “morning-after“ or “Plan B” pill) and follow-up
- GYN exams, including Pap tests
- Pregnancy testing and counseling*
- STD testing, counseling, and treatment*
- HIV counseling and testing*
- Colposcopy, Cryo-therapy, and LEEP*
*when part of a family planning visit
Family Planning Extension Program (FPEP)
Choices provides up to 26 months of free GYN services through our Family Planning Extension Program (FPEP) to residents of New York State when a pregnancy that was covered by Medicaid has ended and a woman does not qualify for FPBP and does not have any other insurance. FPEP is often automatic, regardless of immigration status.
Services covered under FPEP:
- All types of birth control
- Emergency contraception (the “morning-after“ or “Plan B” pill) and follow-up
- GYN exams, including Pap tests
- Pregnancy testing and counseling*
- STD testing, counseling, and treatment*
- HIV counseling and testing*
- Colposcopy, cryo-therapy, and LEEP*
*when part of a family planning visit
Free Transportation and Metro Cards
Ask an appointment coordinator or the front desk about our free NYC MetroCard program for Medicaid and Managed Care Medicaid patients. You may qualify for free transportation to and from your appointment at Choices. Plans include: Affinity, Americhoice (UHC CM), Amerigroup, Fidelis Care, Healthplus, Healthfirst, Horizon Healthcare, Metroplus, and Wellcare. Please note, some insurances require authorization up to 3 days prior to your appointment. Call 718-786-5000 and ask to speak to one of our financial counselors today.
Private Insurance
Choices accepts most private insurances, subject to verification:
- Aetna
- Affinity
- Cigna
- Consumer Health Network
- Empire BCBS
- Empire Healthplus
- Empire Plan
- Fidelis
- GHI (Emblem)
- HIP (Emblem)
- Health first
- Healthcare Partners
- magna care
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Metroplus
- Multiplan
- Oscar
- Oxford
- UHC
- United Community Health/Essential Plans
- Wellcare
- 1199
Alternative Funding
Choices accepts Medicaid, most healthcare insurances and debit cards, credit cards and cash.
Choices is committed to helping ALL women obtain abortions, even those from states with restrictive abortion laws. Our Out-of-Town program is designed to encourage and support women from other states to come to our abortion clinic to carry out their reproductive decisions. We accept Medicaid from New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Delaware, and will help patients arrange affordable transportation and hotel accommodations. We are affiliated with Haven Coalition, a volunteer organization that provides overnight housing for abortion patients who need it and provides an escort for patients to and from an abortion.
