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Need Affordable Health Insurance? We Can Help!

Whiting-MA-ProgramHeard about Obama’s Affordable Care Act but don’t know where to start? Our trained staff will help you understand the health care coverage options available to you.

If you don’t already have health coverage, the Health Insurance Marketplace is a new way to find and buy health coverage that fits your budget and meets your needs. Open Enrollment started on October 1, 2013 and will end on March 31, 2014.

During Marketplace Informational Sessions, NorthShore’sCertified Navigators help you understand the healthcare coverage options available to you. Navigators will assist you in finding what insurance options you qualify for and help you enroll in one of the following:

  • Hoosier Healthwise(HHW)
  • Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP)
  • A Marketplace Insurance Plan including evaluation of eligibility for:
    • Premium Tax Credits
    • Cost Sharing Assistance

 

Everyone is welcome to attend one of the informational sessions:

Wednesday, February 19th from 1pm –5pm
Tuesday, March 4th from 4pm –7:30pm
Whiting Public Library
1735 Oliver Street in Whiting
(219) 659-0269
www.whiting.lib.in.us

Wednesday, February 21st, 9 am
Neighbors' Educational Opportunities
5391 Central Ave
Portage, IN 46368

Thursday, February 27th, from 10 to 2 pm
Valparaiso University
Harre Student Union Ballroom
1700 Chapel Drive, Valparaiso

Saturday, March 8th, 10 am
Lake Station Public Library
2007 Central Ave
Lake Station, IN 46405

Saturday, March 15th, from 10 am to 4 pm
South Haven Boys & Girls Club
723 Long Run Road
Valparaiso, IN

What You Need In Order to Apply:

  • Social Security numbers (or document numbers for legal immigrants)
  • Birth dates
  • Pay stubs, W-2 forms or “Wage and Tax Statements”
  • Policy numbers for any current health insurance
  • Information about any health insurance you or your family could get from your jobs

 

For Marketplace Assistance Call: (219) 763-8947 For additional event details visit: www.northshorehealth.org