Navigate Healthcare Marketplace with Extension Office Help

With all the trouble individuals are having trying to access the Healthcare Marketplace website, sessions by the Fulton County Cooperative Extension to help navigate insurance options are coming at a good time.

Fulton County Cooperative Extension will offer Affordable Care Act information sessions next week to assist residents, small businesses and their employees. Those interested can register for one of the free information sessions. These sessions will be led by a University of Georgia (UGA) health navigator assigned to Fulton County to assist with helping individuals and small businesses complete eligibility and enrollment forms during. Residents should call (404) 332-2400 to register for a session.

The Health Navigator system is designed to help residents decide on the best health insurance to meet their needs. It offers assistance to apply either electronically or by paper to establish eligibility, enroll in coverage and potentially qualify for an insurance affordability program. 

Information sessions will be held:

Oct. 23, 10 a.m.-noon

North Fulton Service Center

Cooperative Extension Education Trailer

(Back, lower parking lot near the community garden)

7741 Roswell Rd, Sandy Springs GA 30350

Oct. 23, 6-8 p.m.

Johns Creek Environmental Center

8100 Holcomb Bridge Rd, Alpharetta GA 30022

Oct. 24, 10 a.m.-noon

Healing Community Center

2600 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., SW, Atlanta, GA 30311

Oct. 24, 6-8 p.m.

Camp-Fulton Truitt Educational Center

4300 Herschel Rd., College Park GA 30337

Oct. 25, 10 a.m.-noon

Cooperative Extension Office (in the central library)

1 Margaret Mitchell Square, Suite 109, Atlanta GA 30303

The Health Navigator program is being overseen by faculty in the the college and UGA Extension and supported by eight faculty members in the college’s various departments. For more information on the Health Navigator program, including the health insurance marketplaces for individuals and families as well as small business owners, visit the Health Navigators website.