Doctors/Primary Health Care Providers
It is important for you and your family members to have a medical home – a doctor whom you consider your own and you go to for all of your health care. One who can take care of your preventive health needs as well as your needs when you are sick, and can refer you on to other providers as needed.
We provide lists of doctors and dentists in Essex County and the surrounding region to help you and your family find a medical home. These lists are for information only. We do not endorse any specific provider or provider group.
Reproductive Health Care
Planned Parenthood of the North Country, NY
Local Hospitals
Adirondack Health, Saranac Lake, NY
UVHN Champlain Valley Physician’s Hospital, Plattsburgh, NY
UVHN Elizabethtown Community Hospital, Elizabethtown, NY
UVHN Fletcher Allen Healthcare, Burlington, VT
UVHN Elizabethtown Community Hospital Ticonderoga Campus, Ticonderoga, NY
Glens Falls Hospital, Glens Falls, NY
Porter Medical Center, Middlebury, VT
Health Insurance and Enrollment
NY State of Health, The Official Health Plan Marketplace, is where New Yorkers can shop for, compare and enroll in health insurance coverage. You have a choice of health plans and help finding the plan
that is right for you. It’s the only place to get financial assistance to reduce the cost of coverage.
Health insurance offered in the Marketplace includes a comprehensive set of benefits.
To learn more, visit nystateofhealth.ny.gov or call 1-855-355-5777.
In-Person Assistors for Essex County
Need health insurance? We can help. NY State of Health, the Official Health Plan Marketplace has in-person assistors in your community who can help you apply and enroll in a health plan. Help is free and available in your own language. Assistors can meet with you in locations convenient to your home or work.
Adirondack Health Institute Enrollment Assistance Services & Education (EASE)
1 – 866 – 872-3740
Southern Adirondack Independent Living (SAIL) Navigator Health Insurance Assistance
518-792-3537
Essex County Department of Social Services: 518-873-3441
Essex County Suicide Prevention Coalition
The mission of the Suicide Prevention Coalition is to work together as a community to increase suicide awareness & prevention.
Health & Human Services Information & Referral
Adirondack Wellness Connections
Adirondack Wellness Connections connects people to social and health care resources. This referral and care management service operates through real-time electronic referrals, in-app messaging and notifications. There is no cost for this service.
2-1-1- is an easy to remember number answered by professionals who will connect you to essential community resources. Available every day (24/7/365) for a variety of needs from locating financial assistance to finding quality healthcare and insurance for kids. 2-1-1 is your community resources. Search Adirondack Region 2-1-1.