Immigrant Health Coverage
This page explains what health coverage you may be eligible for as an immigrant.
To be eligible for a health coverage program, you must be an Illinois resident and qualify under the specific rules for each program.
Many immigrants may be eligible for Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults (HBIA), Health Benefits for Immigrant Seniors (HBIS), the Victims of Trafficking, Torture or Other Crimes Medical Assistance program (VTTC), other Medicaid programs, or ACA Marketplace coverage.
For more information about eligibility, see these fact sheets:
- Chart of Benefits Eligibility for Individuals Granted Parole
- Combined Fact Sheet – HBIS and HBIA Programs
- Community Fact Sheet – Applicants for T Visa, U Visa, or Asylum
- Fact Sheet for Admitted as Refugees or Granted Parole under Central American Minors (CAM)
- Fact Sheet for Afghan Parolee with SQ_SI or Afghan Parolee (non SQ_SI parole) or Afghan with SIV
- Fact Sheet for Asylees
- Fact Sheet for Cuban Haitian Entrants
- Fact Sheet for Individual Granted Parole for Less than One Year
- Fact Sheet for Individual Granted T Visa
- Fact Sheet for Individual Granted U Visa
- Fact Sheet for Individual Who Is Undocumented
- Fact Sheet for Individual with TPS
- Fact Sheet for Legal Permanent Resident
- Fact Sheet for Parolees For More than One Year After 8.22.1996
- Fact Sheet for Ukrainian Parolees
- Fact Sheet for Venezuelan Parolee
- Fact Sheet for Refugees
- Fact Sheet for VAWA Self-Petitioners
- Fact Sheet of Benefits for Migrants in Illinois
For more information in languages other than English, Spanish, Polish, Arabic, or Chinese, see these fact sheets:
- French Language Fact Sheet for Cuban Haitian Entrants
- French Language Fact Sheet for HBIS and HBIA Programs
- Korean Language Fact Sheet for VAWA Self-Petitioners
- Mongolian Language Fact Sheet for VAWA Self-Petitioners
- Russian Language Fact Sheet for VAWA Self-Petitioners
- Ukrainian Language Fact Sheet for Ukrainian Parolees
- Ukrainian Language Fact Sheet for VAWA Self-Petitioners
- Dari Language Fact Sheet for Afghan Parolee with SQ_SI or Afghan Parolee (non SQ_SI parole) or Afghan with SIV-prs
- Pashto Language Fact Sheet for Afghan Parolee with SQ_SI or Afghan Parolee (non SQ_SI parole) or Afghan with SIV-pbu