Affinity Health Plan provides a variety of managed care services for low and moderate-income residents of the New York metro area. The company serves more than 200,000 participants in its Child Health Plus, Unicare, Family Health Plus, Medicaid, and Sunrise programs. Affinity Health’s provider network includes 1,400 primary care clinicians, 5,000 physician specialists, and more than 60 hospitals. The company was established in 1986 as the Bronx Health Plan.
Contact Information
Address: 2500 Halsey St.
Bronx, NY 10461
Phone: 718-794-7700
Fax: 718-794-7800

Financial Highlights
Revenue (2005): 55.10 M
Employees (2005): 140

Key People
• President and CEO: Maura Bluestone
• SVP and COO: Barbara Kelman
• VP, Finance: Jean Lobban

The Problem Nearly 46 million Americans, including more than 8 million children, are living without health insurance— forced to gamble every day that they won”t get sick or injured. That’’s a risk no one should have to take. Uninsured Americans live sicker and die younger than those with health insurance. Just one serious illness or injury can wipe out an uninsured family’’s bank account, and the problem is getting worse. The Response That’’s why the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and some of the most influential organizations in the country are again organizing Cover the Uninsured Week. This year’’s effort will mobilize thousands of individuals and organizations from many sectors of society to plan activities to tell Congress that health care coverage must be their top priority. Cover the Uninsured Week 2006 will create a groundswell of activities in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, including press conferences, health and enrollment fairs, seminars for small businesses, campus activitie