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A Guide to Affordable Health Care in Chicago


Health care is critical for artists and their families.

Learn how to get affordable health care in Chicago from this 2010 publication by the Actors Fund and AHIRC: The Artists Health Insurance Resource Center.

How can you get health insurance in Illinois and what are employment-related options? What can you do if you have a pre-existing condition? What about freelancers? Why do you need health insurance?

Every Artist Insured: Understanding Health Care Reform


After releasing their indispensible guide to affordable health care in Chicago earlier this year, AHIRC (Artists' Health Insurance Resource Center), a program of The Actors Fund, is back with another great resource. This time, it's a free downloadable guide to help you understand health care reform.

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The Actors Fund Health Insurance Resource Center (AHIRC) has been connecting artists, craftspeople and entertainment industry workers around the country to health insurance and affordable health care since 1998.

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