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Hospitals, Foundation Enlist Ex-Military to Help Enroll Uninsured
Veterans express determination to succeed in mission to reach as many NJ residents as possible
Enrolling hundreds of thousands of uninsured state residents in health insurance plans is going to take a wide range of efforts, and New Jersey’s hospitals are turning to a group they believe will complete their mission regardless of the obstacles: military veterans.
The New Jersey Hospital Association is hiring 25 veterans to help people complete insurance applications. These certified applications counselors (CACs) are being funded through a $1.8 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s New Jersey Health Initiatives program.
Ed Sadowski, an Army veteran who served in Vietnam, said veterans are uniquely suited to reach people.
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“We will go wherever we’re needed – it doesn’t matter where, it doesn’t matter how many times, it doesn’t matter how long,” Sadowski said yesterday. “We want to enroll everyone.”
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