Local Women Invited to Enroll for Free Mammograms During Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October 03, 2024

Octo­ber marks Breast Can­cer Aware­ness Month, a time not only to raise aware­ness but also to take action. The Illi­nois Breast and Cer­vi­cal Can­cer Pro­gram (IBC­CP) and the Han­cock Coun­ty Health Depart­ment are part­ner­ing with Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG) to offer free mam­mo­grams to Illi­nois res­i­dents who are either unin­sured or have high-deductible health plans.

On Tues­day, Octo­ber 8, from 9 a.m. to noon, eli­gi­ble indi­vid­u­als are invit­ed to vis­it Quin­cy Med­ical Group at 1118 Hamp­shire St. in Quin­cy. Dur­ing this event, par­tic­i­pants will have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to com­plete an enroll­ment appli­ca­tion and con­sult with med­ical pro­fes­sion­als spe­cial­iz­ing in breast can­cer screen­ings. Those who qual­i­fy for the pro­gram can either receive their mam­mo­gram on the same day or sched­ule one for a lat­er date.

Please bring the fol­low­ing doc­u­ments to the event:

  • Income ver­i­fi­ca­tion (two most recent pay­check stubs or recent 1040 tax forms)
  • Age ver­i­fi­ca­tion (driver’s license copy, ID card, or birth certificate)
  • Insur­ance ver­i­fi­ca­tion (copy of the front & back of your card)

For more infor­ma­tion about the IBC­CP or to check eli­gi­bil­i­ty, con­tact Mar­la Jacquot at the Han­cock Coun­ty Health Depart­ment at 217−357−2171, option 6.