MetroSouth Medical Center State Insurance Programs
Moms & Babies Program
Do you think you are pregnant? If so, have you taken a pregnancy test? If you arepregnant, do you have health insurance? Do you have a doctor?
MetroSouth Medical Center is here to help moms understand their options for insurance that can cover not only themselves, their newborn, but also their family. Please call 708-489-7925 for more information and assistance.
Services offered at MetroSouth Medical Center at no cost to you:
- Pregnancy test
- Assistance completing the Moms & Babies Health Insurance application
- Suggestions for a physician to provide prenatal and birthing services
State program qualifications
- Minimum income requirements
- You do not have to be a citizen or a legal immigrant.
- You do not need to have a social security number.
Moms & Babies is an Illinois State program for pregnant women and their babies. The Moms & Babies program pays for outpatient hospital services for women while they are pregnant and for 60 days after the baby is born. It also pays for services for the first year of the baby's life, if the mother is covered by the Moms & Babies Program when the baby is born.
Another program offered by the State of Illinois is All Kids
All Kids is a State of Illinois health insurance for your child that covers doctors’ visits, hospital stays, prescription drugs, vision care, dental care and eye glasses. All Kids also covers regular check ups and immunizations (shots) and special services like medical equipment and speech therapy for children when need it.
Do you need health insurance for your children? Help for completing an All Kids application is available, at no cost, by calling 708-489-7925.
Qualifications for participation in the All Kids Program
- The child or children live in Illinois
- They are age 18 or younger
- They meet the insurance requirements
Uninsured children can qualify for All Kids no matter how much money their parents earn, immigration status, or health condition. They must live in Illinois.
FamilyCare is another program offered by the State of Illinois for the parents of children enrolled in the All Kids Program. Depending upon family income, parents may be eligible to participate in the state FamilyCare Program.
FamilyCare offers healthcare coverage to parents living with their children 18 years old or younger. FamilyCare also covers relatives who are caring for children in place of their parents.
Like All Kids, FamilyCare covers doctor visits, dental care, specialty medical services, hospital care, emergency services, prescription drugs and more.
Parents can get FamilyCare if they live in Illinois and meet the FamilyCare income limits. They must be U.S. citizens or meet immigration requirements. All Kids or FamilyCare health benefits will not affect your immigration status unless you receive services in a nursing home or mental health facility.
For more information please call 708-489-7925.
