Health Care

A Guide to Affordable Health Care in Chicago

For artists in all disciplines and their families!

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? more...

Selected Chicago-City Links

Actors Fund of America: Health Insurance & Health Care Resources
Provides a comprehensive overview of health insurance and health care options at The Actors' Fund of America's Health Insurance Resource Center. Useful for Illinois artists of all disciplines.
Free Clinics
A list of clinics for the under-served and uninsured.
Chicago Dental Society: Free and Sliding Scale Dental Clinics
A directory of CDS members who provide free or sliding scale services -- some specifically for children, the elderly and for those with HIV/AIDS.
Fractured Atlas: Healthcare Options in Illinois
A list for Fractured Atlas members who live in Illinois. (Enrollees' health insurance is subject to a contract with the insurance company providing the program.)
University of Illinois at Chicago: The Health in the Arts Program
Artists' health clinic that specializes in evaluating, treating and preventing work-related disorders in the arts. Patients can usually be seen regardless of their insurance coverage or ability to pay.
View all Chicago-City links

Selected National/International Links

Performing Arts Medicine Association
Organization of physicians and other allied professionals, dedicated to improving health care in the performing arts. Provides links to clinics and educational resources.
View all National/International links

Selected NYFA Requests

Health Care (Physical and Psychological)

Courtesy of New York Foundation for the Arts and their NYFA Source national database of awards services and publications for the arts.

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