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  2. Welfare in California - Wikipedia

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    The Statewide Automated Welfare System (SAWS) is the county-managed public assistance eligibility and enrollment system, e.g., the case management system for county eligibility staff providing CalWORKs, Welfare to Work, CalFresh, Medi-Cal, Foster Care, Refugee Assistance, County Medical Services Program, and General Assistance/General Relief. [17]

  3. Medi-Cal - Wikipedia

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    Medi-Cal was created in 1965 by the California Medical Assistance Program a few months after the national legislation was passed. [2] Approximately 15.28 million people were enrolled in Medi-Cal as of September 2022, [3] or about 40% of California's population; in most counties, more than half of eligible residents were enrolled as of 2020. [4]

  4. California Department of Health Care Services - Wikipedia

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    The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is a department within the California Health and Human Services Agency that finances and administers a number of individual health care service delivery programs, including Medi-Cal, which provides health care services to low-income people.

  5. Medicaid - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, Medicaid is a government program that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources. The program is partially funded and primarily managed by state governments, which also have wide latitude in determining eligibility and benefits, but the federal government sets baseline standards for state Medicaid programs and provides a ...

  6. Medi-Cal Access Program - Wikipedia

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    The Medi-Cal Access Program (MCAP), formerly known as the Access for Infants and Mothers Program (AIM), is a California policy that grants access to Medi-Cal to pregnant and uninsured (or whose coverage contains a co-pay over $500) mothers who would otherwise not qualify due to exceeding income guidelines.

  7. Government Service Insurance System - Wikipedia

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    It is not possible for non-government employees, self-employed or non-working persons to become members of the GSIS. Instead, they are covered by the Social Security System (SSS). Meanwhile government employees in addition to GSIS, can also become members of the SSS at their own cost.

  8. Social Security Disability Insurance - Wikipedia

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    Social Security Disability Insurance (SSD or SSDI) is a payroll tax-funded federal insurance program of the United States government.It is managed by the Social Security Administration and designed to provide monthly benefits to people who have a medically determinable disability (physical or mental) that restricts their ability to be employed.

  9. Medicare (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Medicare amendment (July 30, 1965). Former president Harry S. Truman (seated) and his wife, Bess, are on the far right.. Originally, the name "Medicare" in the United States referred to a program providing medical care for families of people serving in the military as part of the Dependents' Medical Care Act, which was passed in 1956. [7]