What is Medi-Cal?
Medi-Cal is a public program that provides health care coverage to adults, families, older adults, and people with disabilities who meet the income requirements.
What is Medi-Cal Managed Care?
- Medi-Cal Managed Care provides high quality, accessible, and cost-effective health care through managed care delivery systems.
- Medi-Cal Managed Care contracts for health care services through established networks of organized systems of care, which emphasize primary and preventive care.
- Managed care plans are a cost-effective use of health care resources that improve health care access and assure quality of care.
Who can apply?
- People who live in Los Angeles County;
- People who are a parent, child, adults without children, older adults or disabled;
- People who meet the income guidelines; and
- People under the age of 26 or those 50 and older, regardless of their immigration status
- Beginning January 1, 2024, a new law in California will allow adults ages 26 through 49 to qualify for full-scope Medi-Cal, regardless of immigration status. All other Medi-Cal eligibility rules, including income limits, will still apply.
How much will I pay?
Medi-Cal with L.A. Care is free for families who qualify. There are no monthly premiums or co-pays.
What health plan can I choose?
When you join L.A. Care, you can choose to get your health care from L.A. Care or one of the other excellent Plan Partners we work with to provide Medi-Cal coverage in L.A. County. These include Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan.