Medi-Cal for Children
No-Cost Health Coverage for Children Birth Through Age 18 and Pregnant Women
- No monthly premiums.
- No copayments for any benefit.
- Choice of health insurance plans in most major population centers.
- Family property (such as savings or cars) does not count for eligibility.
- More children with higher family incomes qualify for no-cost Medi-Cal.
- Available for children of single or two-parent working families.
- Mail-in application. Does not require a visit to the welfare office to apply.
Medi-Cal and Healthy Families are two health care programs:
- Family size, age of child and income determine which program a child may qualify for. A younger child may qualify for no-cost Medi-Cal and an older child may qualify for Healthy Families.
- If the child qualifies for no-cost Medi-Cal he/she does not qualify for Healthy Families.
- If your income is too high to be eligible for no-cost Medi-Cal, your child may qualify for Healthy Families.
Low-Cost Health Coverage for
Children Birth Through Age 18
- Low-cost health, dental and vision insurance.
- Low monthly premiums from $4 per child to a maximum of $45 per family.
- No copayment for preventive services (such as immunizations) $5 for non-preventive services (such as going to the doctor due to illness.
- Choice of health, dental and vision insurance plans.
- Family property (such as savings or cars) does not count for eligibility.
- For children without health insurance and children on Medi-Cal with a cost.
- Available for children of single or two-parent working families.
- Mail in application.
- Apply up to 3 months in advance for an unborn child, or a child who will turn 1 or 6 years old and lose no-cost Medi-Cal
- Under age 19 or a pregnant woman.
- Within income guidelines.
- A California resident.
- A U.S. citizen, national or eligible alien. Regardless of immigration status or date of entry, a child or pregnant woman can qualify for some Medi-Cal.