Medi-Cal

Medi-Cal

The California Medical Assistance Program (Medi-Cal) is the name of the California Medicaid program serving low-income families, seniors, persons with disabilities, children in foster care, pregnant women, and certain low-income adults. It is jointly administered by the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), operating as a Medical Assistance Program under Title XIX of the Social Security Act.

Medi-Cal with the assistance from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation created The California Partnership for Long-Term Care. The goal is to protect Californians from being forced to spend everything they have worked for on long-term care, to prevent or delay dependence on Medi-Cal.[1]

Effective July 2009, Medi-Cal no longer offers Dental Insurance for people over 21 years of age.

Medi-Cal costs were estimated at US$ 34.1 billion (US$ 12.9 billion in state funds) in 2005-06.[2][3]

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