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Ingalls, Southland Health Care Forum To Offer Free Affordable Care Act Enrollment Event

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Get Covered Illinois offers Illinois residents who are currently uninsured an opportunity to get the healthcare they need.

Get Covered Illinois plans cover important benefits like doctor’s visits, hospital stays, prescriptions and more. Join the experts from the Southland Health Care Forum and learn more about the ACA and a new way to find health insurance. A free enrollment event sponsored by Ingalls and the Southland Health Care Forum will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 6, at Ingalls Care Center in Crestwood, with an informative presentation at 6 p.m. If you do not have health insurance, the time to enroll is now.

To enroll in Get Covered Illinois, please bring a driver’s license or State ID, social security card, and proof of income for the last 30 days (unemployment, social security, check stubs). For more information, visit GetCoveredIllinois.gov

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Ingalls Care Center is located at 4742 Cal Sag Road in Crestwood, at the northeast corner of Cal Sag Road and Cicero Avenue. Please call 708.915.CARE (2273) to make your reservation for this important event.

For more than 90 years, Ingalls has helped the residents of Chicago’s South Suburbs to be well through its 544-bed hospital, home care agency, four community-based treatment centers, Ingalls Wellness Center, centers for inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, four magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) facilities and a medical staff of more than 450 physicians. In addition, Ingalls Memorial Hospital has been named a HealthGrades’ America’s 100 Best Hospitals for 2013, earning the distinction for the second year in a row, and is now ranked No. 2 in the State of Illinois for Overall Orthopedic Services.

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