The New York state 's health exchange website offers a slew of organizations in place to help people sign up for coverage . There 's just one problem : This week , the list included businesses whose owners have no idea how to give New Yorkers health insurance advice . `` I can fix your car , but I do n't think I can fix your health , '' Marco Abad of Zambrand Auto Repair told CNN on Wednesday . Abad said they were surprised when their Brooklyn business started receiving calls yesterday about the Affordable Care Act . The health insurance marketplace opened on October 1 , providing a navigator with a 230-page list of agency locations and site schedules in New York state , including phone numbers to call with health insurance inquiries . The list intentionally includes details for places like coffee shops where , even if they 're not a place you 'd normally associate with health care , people can meet with advisers who can guide them toward a plan , New York state health department spokesman Bill Schwarz explained . Yet in some cases , addresses and phone numbers for such advisers were listed incorrectly , Schwarz said . In other cases , the information is correct but the `` navigator '' ( the person who can lead individuals through the health care process ) did n't tell the proprietors of the listed meeting place about it . Either way , the state spokesman said these errors do n't appear to be pervasive or statewide . Even if they are fixed by week 's end , as Schwarz promised , the errors by then already will have caused plenty of headaches -- like for Gus Rodriguez , manager of Brooklyn Cupcake . He said his shop has received an additional 25 calls per day since the beginning of October -- just not because of an increased interest in their sweet confections . Apex Car and Limo Inc. manager Dmitry Rozalovsky told CNN they were confused by the Obamacare-related calls they received , but did n't put two and two together until members of the media showed up outside their Brooklyn location Wednesday . `` First , we thought it was kind of a joke , '' Roxalovsky said . Bowery Pharmacy manager Patrick Wu said his establishment too has been getting calls . According to Wu , the Manhattan pharmacy usually gets two to three calls per day . But since October 1 , Wu said he 's personally answered more than 50 additional calls each day from New Yorkers inquiring about health insurance . At first , the callers are confused , but then get `` very frustrated '' when they realize they 're not speaking to an Affordable Care Act navigator , Wu said . Wu , who filed a complaint with the New York State Department of Health , said he is also frustrated because the misguided phone calls distract him from the pharmacy 's business . `` They interrupt my work , '' Wu said . Rodriguez said he informed the state health department about the mistake , but said they are still receiving the calls . On the bright side , Brooklyn Cupcake employees are hopeful the extra calls will result in more cupcake sales , he said . `` We ca n't help with Obamacare , but we 're pretty good with cupcakes around here ; so we do offer those in lieu of some health care options , '' Rodriguez said , laughing .
The errors are n't pervasive or statewide , a state health spokesman says . New York businesses unrelated to health care have received calls about Obamacare . Calls came from incorrect numbers on New York state 's health exchange website . A pharmacist on list has filed complaints after multiple calls per day .