California MAGI Medi-Cal

One Orange County Medi-Cal eligibility worker not only made his necessary changes to the consumer’s account, he also corrupted some information within the Covered California enrollment system. Because Medi-Cal puts a soft pause on the consumer’s account when one of the household members is eligible for Medi-Cal, only the county Medi-Cal worker can correct the wrong mailing address they created and reverse the Covered California consumer’s negative declaration of interest in subsidized health insurance.

Two years after the launch of Covered California and expanded Medi-Cal, California’s Department of Health Care Services and each of California’s fifty-eight counties, that individually administer Medi-Cal managed health plans for eligible residents, are still grappling with numerous questions regarding eligibility, enrollment, and the integration with the Covered California application.

If a woman indicates on her Covered California individual and family plan account that she is pregnant, the application will be automatically screened for eligibility of certain Medi-Cal pregnancy programs. Some women have found that they are kicked off their private health plan with the premium assistance and relegated to the health care services only from Medi-Cal. This means they may not be able to see their regular OBGYN for pre-natal visits. However, you do not have to report your pregnancy to Covered California and risk being forced onto Medi-Cal.