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 Links

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.
Chicago Women's Health Center
Empowers women by providing access to gynecological health care, alternative insemination, health education, and counseling services in a respectful environment. Women pay what they can afford.
Laboure Clinic at St. Joseph's Hospital
A sliding scale, affordable clinic for people without health insurance at St. Joseph's Hospital on the Near North Side. Comprehensive services include preventative, prenatal, and injury-based care.
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.
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Selected Illinois Links

Fractured Atlas: Healthcare Options in Illinois
Fractured Atlas links artists to a range of health insurance and health care options.
View all Illinois links

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