04.30.2020 COVID-19 For the uninsured, delaying medical care can have deadly consequence The sickness accelerated quickly for Don Chuz, a Guatemalan immigrant who had lived in Greenport for about a decade, earning a living in construction. He particularly enjoyed doing tile...
10.31.2019 Podcasts Times Review Talks: Health Care and Health Insurance on the East End Podcast brought to you by: As advancements in health care surge forward, health insurance premiums continue to rise, leaving many on the North Fork puzzled as to what they...
10.07.2019 Community Health care and health insurance the subject of next Times Review Talks As our local hospitals settle into new relationships with larger health care systems, North Fork residents have begun to see more medical services available to them closer to home....
10.06.2017 Health North Fork faces ‘extremely limited’ health insurance networks in 2018 New York State of Health, the state’s official health plan marketplace, has announced its 2018 insurance options. Open enrollment begins Nov. 1 and ends Jan. 31.
01.18.2017 Letters Featured letter: The face of Obamacare I am a 50-year-old woman, a mother of three, a partner to a wonderful woman, a daughter, sister and a good friend. I am a hard-working taxpayer and an...
08.12.2016 Health On Fishers Island, a trip to the doctor presents a unique challenge Think you’ll need to see a doctor while you’re on Fishers Island? Get ready for a long trip. The island off the Connecticut coast — which is part of...
11.12.2015 Health Businesses scramble for coverage as Health Republic shuts down A secretary answers the phone at a local insurance agency Monday afternoon, but her voice is so hoarse she can hardly speak.
04.28.2014 Government Greenport Village Board unanimously approves $2.9M budget The Greenport Village Board has adopted next year’s $2.9 million general fund budget, which carries a 2.14 percent increase to the tax levy.
03.26.2014 Health Deadline nearing to purchase health insurance for 2014 As the deadline to purchase health insurance under the Affordable Care Act nears, officials announced some leeway will be granted for those who begin the process by the end...
10.25.2013 Health & Environment Symposium offers a dose of information on health care reform As employers, employees and the unemployed across America continue to wrap their heads around new federal health insurance mandates – known to many simply as Obamacare — owners of...