Be sure to Renew Your Medi-Cal FIND HELP IN YOUR COMMUNITY HERE!
GET HELP
ENROLL
Ways to enroll in Medi-Cal and Covered California:
GET CARE
Find a primary care doctor. Ask your health plan for help locating an available doctor near you.
When you first qualify for Medi-Cal, you are covered under Medi-Cal Fee-for-Service. However, you must choose a health plan within 30 days. If you do not choose a plan within 30 days, the State will choose a plan for you. You can change your plan at any time.
Find a dentist. Visit SmileCalifornia.org to find a Medi-Cal dentist and a dental home near you.
There are clinics and community organizations that can help you figure out how to get care.
RENEW
Ways to renew your Medi-Cal:
(Video instructions here on how to create an online account. After you create an account, you will get email and text alerts when your renewal is due. You can also complete your renewal online. Watch a how-to video here.)
FIND HELP IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Below are non-profits, clinics, and legal resources that can help you find help in your community with enrollment, renewals, and getting care using your health coverage.
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND CLINICS
If you need help, you can reach out to a community-based organization near you. Here are sites where you can search for a community-based organization or clinic in your area that can help you with your health coverage needs:
(some of these assisters are located within local clinics)
LOCAL RESOURCES
Los Angeles County:
Sacramento County:
LEGAL SERVICES
For legal services, contact the Health Consumer Alliance by phone at 888-804-3536. The Health Consumer Alliance provides free legal services to all consumers, in all languages, regardless of income level. They can connect you with your local legal aid program based on your zip code. If you are seeking renewal assistance, each legal aid program should be able to assist directly or by referring you to other local agencies.
Health Coverage
The Children’s Partnership and our ALL IN for Health partners created this community-friendly resource that provides families with an overview about how to enroll in health coverage, renew their health coverage, and how to get care. Use this resource to stay informed on important changes to Medi-Cal, and important health coverage updates for our immigrant communities!
Available in other languages here: Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Tagalog, Punjabi, Korean, Vietnamese, Haitian Creole
To help you easily share these resources with your communities, we’ve put together a social media toolkit for you to use that includes social media posts and images with key data.
Medi-Cal Renewal Flier
The Children’s Partnership created a community-friendly half pager specifically on Medi-Cal renewals. Families can use our half pager to find out which steps to take in order to #KeepKidsCovered!
