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Medi-Cal. The California Medical Assistance Program ( Medi-Cal or MediCal) is the California implementation of the federal Medicaid program serving low-income individuals, including families, seniors, persons with disabilities, children in foster care, pregnant women, and childless adults with incomes below 138% of federal poverty level.
Covered California is the health insurance marketplace in the U.S. state of California established under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The exchange enables eligible individuals and small businesses to purchase private health insurance coverage at federally subsidized rates. It is administered by an independent ...
Blue Shield of California is a mutual benefit corporation and health plan [ 6][ 7] founded in 1939 by the California Medical Association. It is based in Oakland, California, and serves 4.5 million health plan members and more than 65,000 physicians across the state. Blue Shield of California was founded as a not-for-profit organization.
Open enrollment for Covered California is from Nov. 1 to Jan. 31. That’s the only time you can buy health insurance or change your plan — with some exceptions.
California will extend healthcare coverage to about 40,000 low-income, undocumented young adults who were at risk of losing coverage. California will extend healthcare coverage to about 40,000 low ...
e. California Proposition 187 (also known as the Save Our State (SOS) initiative) was a 1994 ballot initiative to establish a state-run citizenship screening system and prohibit illegal immigrants from using non-emergency health care, public education, and other services in the State of California. Voters passed the proposed law at a referendum ...
CalFresh, California's version of SNAP, provides monthly food assistance to low-income households that meet state and federal eligibility guidelines. Benefits are distributed on a monthly schedule ...
v. t. e. In the United States, a flexible spending account ( FSA ), also known as a flexible spending arrangement, is one of a number of tax-advantaged financial accounts, resulting in payroll tax savings. [ 1] One significant disadvantage to using an FSA is that funds not used by the end of the plan year are forfeited to the employer, known as ...