Health Information ASL Videos

INTRODUCTION OF AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (ACA) (Joint Collaboration by IDHHC & JACIL)

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (ACA), Part Two (Joint Collaboration by IDHHC & JACIL)

• CAN I STILL GET COVERAGE ONCE OPEN ENROLLMENT IS CLOSED?
• ILLINOIS MEDICAID EXPANSION
• SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD

ACTIVE PATIENT, HEALTHY LIVING (Developed by Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and Sinai Health System; Made possible by Michael Reese Health Trust, IDHHC & Statewide Independent Living Council)

• Introduction to Active Patient, Healthy Living
• What to do if you are not feeling well?
• What does "effective communication" mean?
• I have been waiting for an interpreter in the emergency room.  Where is the interpreter?!?!
• Should your friend or family member interpret for you in the hospital or doctor's office?
• What does "qualified" interpreter mean?
• I have the right to an interpreter!  How do I get one?
• Why is it important for me to cancel the interpreter at doctor's office?
• What is family health history?
• What is the difference between "active" patient and "passive" patient?
• What kind of health information should you tell your doctor?
• How to tell your doctor the symptoms?
• What is a pain rating scale?
• What does a silent disease mean?
• How do you manage your medicine?