On Tuesday, uninsured Americans, about 15 percent of the population, could begin enrolling in the state-based insurance marketplaces, known as exchanges, created by the 2010 law.
Tuesday was the first day that uninsured Americans, about 15 percent of the population, could start enrolling in the state-based insurance marketplaces, known as exchanges, created by the 2010 law.
There are more than two million more Democrats than Republicans enrolled in the state.
Once enrolled in the state program, he said, "they get exactly the same amount of benefits".
In New York, 350,000 elderly people are enrolled in the state's prescription drug program.
Workers enrolled in the state's five pension funds would choose among three options.
Dr. Novello and Commissioner Raymond Martinez of the Department of Motor Vehicles announced that as of June 1, 103,674 New Yorkers were enrolled in the state's Organ and Tissue Donor Registry.
In Nassau, about 170 of the 290 cases facing the cutoff were enrolled in the state program, said Rita Mathews, a spokeswoman for the county's Department of Social Services.
In 2002, Mr. Graham enrolled in the state's anti-AIDS condom distribution program, picked up 30,000 free condoms and discarded them.
