Applying for healthcare can get confusing for anyone, but an agency out of Jackson is coming to Vicksburg to help alleviate that confusion and educate the public about their options.

My Brother’s Keeper: Community REACH program will host an Obamacare Enrollment Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday in the downstairs conference room of the Lower Mississippi River Museum, 910 Washington St.

“A lot of people just have so many questions about whether or not they qualify,” MBK communication manager Reggie Davis said.

An Affordable Care Act specialist will show people their healthcare options after reviewing information given by anyone who stops by and does not have insurance through their employer. Davis said the specialist is there to make sure people get the best coverage available to them.

“We just wanted to make sure that they knew that they could receive coverage if they qualified and let them know some of the penalties that would also result if they did not try to get coverage by that cut off date,” Davis said noting the deadline to sign up for the ACA is Sunday.

Davis said 7,400 people in Warren County were uninsured in 2015. Through Community: REACH, over 200 people were enrolled in healthcare plans from winter of 2014 to late fall of 2015, he said.

People attending the enrollment day need to bring their driver’s license or a form of identification, their physical and mailing address, phone number, social security number, current household income and their employer information.

“What our specialists are going to be on hand to do is to let you know if you qualify to get Affordable Care Act coverage, or to let you know if you need some additional documentation and of course if necessary we can facilitate those people to get them some coverage from the 29^th to the 31^st,” Davis said.

In a press release, MBK said some people who are eligible for healthcare could also qualify for financial assistance that would lower “their monthly premiums or deductibles and copays.”

In terms of states with the highest obesity rates, he said Mississippi is in the top four. As for states with the highest number of deaths because of hypertension, high blood pressure or diabetes, he said Mississippi is in the top three.

“A lot of this is due to people not having adequate access to healthcare,” Davis said.

My Brother’s Keeper’s goal is to reduce health disparities in Mississippi, mostly in the River Region. Community REACH is one of 25 different programs the organization supports designed for those who are uninsured or underinsured to get coverage. If anyone is interested in working with MBK, call 601-898-0000.