How do I check if my medi-cal is still active in California?
I've (m29) been using insurance through my work but I did previously have medi-cal.
Today some people from tru-connect knocked on my door and gave me a free smartphone with 6 gb that only costs $12 a year to keep active because of a medi-cal collab thing they got going on. I googled this and it seems they are legit. I accepted the phone (might give it to my little brother, he doesn't have one right now,) but I don't really know how I qualified???
I haven't used medi-cal since I was 20-21 nearly 9 years ago. And it saved my life a couple times (needed emergency surgery and also got epilepsy diagnosis). But I thought I had to be below the poverty line to qualify? Like income of $20,000 a year or less… Which I was back then, but I make about $50,000 a year nowadays.
For the last few years I've been using medical insurance through my employer. So I assumed I didn't have medi-cal anymore. Maybe it's a different poverty line to qualify depending where in California you live? I don't know. I am in the Bay Area which is expensive as heck to live in.
How do I check if my medi-cal is active? And how do I find out why I still qualify?
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