Medical and Health Insurance
Finding MediCal Doctors and Dentists
MediCal is health care insurance for California residents with limited income and resources.
MediCal is health care insurance for children, pregnant women, families, the elderly, blind and disabled.
Medi-Cal can pay for the expenses of pre-natal care, dental care, physical therapy, pharmacy services, vision care, nursing home care, emergency medical transportation and other medical expenses.
How Do I Apply for MediCal?
The MediCal program provides no or low cost health insurance to children, pregnant women, the parents and caretaker relatives of deprived children (i.e., children with a deceased, absent, incapacitated, or unemployed parent) as well as people 65 years of age or older, blind and disabled people.
United States citizens and legal permanet residents of the United States may be eligible for full scope benefits. Undocumented aliens may be eligible for benefits restricted to emergency and pregnancy related services.
MediCal is the primary source of health care coverage for 5.1 million Californians, serving approximately 16 percent of the state's population.
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009
