Access Living Youth Center - Paying for Medicine

Paying for Medicine

Being able to pay for your health care needs is very important. Some people may only need to be able to pay for cold medicine when they have a cold. Other people need to pay for pills they have to take every day, or regular visits to the doctor or therapist. If you're already paying rent, for groceries, transportation, and other bills, how are you going to pay for health care too?

If you work at a full time job, it is likely that you have health insurance that is supposed to cover your needs. Talk to the person who does human resources to better understand your health care coverage. If you have just a part-time job or you live on SSI, you have think carefully about how to pay for medicine.

In Chicago, there are some programs that may be able to help you.

Cook County Prescription Drug Discount Card

This program is free and open to all Cook County residents. You can apply for this card and save money on your prescription drugs! Visit this website: http://www.co.cook.il.us/prescription/

United Healthcare Children's Foundation, Inc.

For parents reading this site, if you have a child 16 years old or younger, the UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation, Inc., accepts applications for grants of up to $5,000 to cover health care expenses. To apply, please visit: http://www.uhccf.org/.

More ideas? Please contact Amber at asmock@accessliving.org.

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