Illinois African

American Coalition for

Prevention

Current State of Health Insurance in the U.S.

Asthma, cancer, diabetes, heart

disease, etc. can cause people

to be excluded from coverage or

to be charged higher rates.

Pre-Existing Conditions

Limits on coverage per year or over a

lifetime on the dollar amount

insurance companies would cover

for health care benefits.

Life Time Limits

Underinsured

Spend more than 10% of income

on health insurance

25 million people in the U.S.

• 50.2 million Americans in this country,

not including illegal immigrants.

• 1 out 7 Americans in this country are

uninsured

• 44% of adults age 19-64 are either

underinsured or unisured in the U.S.

Fact:

Health Care Bills are the number 1 cause of

bankruptcies in the U.S.

Uninsured

Please see representatives at the tables to schedule times to come in and sign up.

If you are not covered and think you qualify go to:

Abe.Illinois.Gov

Common Questions Continued…

Misconceptions

Source:

The government is taking over

health insurance.

Reality:

32 million people will be insured.

This will be a growth of private

insurance.

Misconception # 2 Misconception # 1

Insurance premiums will

skyrocket.

Reality:

Premiums will stay the same

or fall anywhere between

14-20%.

Misconception # 3

This will be the end of

employer provided insurance.

Reality:

It will only fall by 2%

It has fallen on its own at a

10% rate over the last 10 years

.

January 1, 2014.

Questions?

To Get Started:

GetCoveredIllinois.gov

Marketplace:

Healthcare.gov

Medicaid:

Abe.Illinois.gov

Thank You!