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Covered California and Medi-Cal use the same application. This means that once you apply, you’ll find out which program you qualify for. Some households qualify for both.

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Applying online takes about an hour from start to finish.

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Be sure to have the necessary documents on hand before starting your application for a seamless enrollment process.

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With hundreds of enrollment centers and thousands of certified enrollers statewide, you have many convenient options when it comes to getting enrollment assistance.

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You’ll get a call from a certified enroller, usually within 30 minutes.

Get ready for the call by making sure you have the necessary documents on hand.

Get started by filling out the online form.

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The fastest way to getting coverage. edit

Applying online takes about an hour from start to finish.

Sign up at your own pace by saving your application and picking up later.

Be sure to have the necessary documents on hand before starting your application for a seamless enrollment process.

Applying is easy — and free. edit

With hundreds of enrollment centers and thousands of certified enrollers statewide, you have many convenient options when it comes to getting enrollment assistance.

Make an appointment to get free help signing up for a plan.

Ready to make an appointment?

Have an enroller call you to get free enrollment advice. edit

You’ll get a call from a certified enroller, usually within 30 minutes.

Get ready for the call by making sure you have the necessary documents on hand.

Get started by filling out the online form.

Or call our Service Center

What do I need to apply?

Get health insurance when you experience a major life change.

You can apply for a health plan outside open enrollment (or make changes to your current plan) if you’ve experienced one of these qualifying life events, usually within the last 60 days. Or, find out if you qualify for Medi-Cal.

You turn 26 years old and are no longer eligible for a parent’s plan.

• You move to California from out of state.
• You move within California and gain access to at least one new Covered California health insurance plan.

• One or both members of the new couple can use the special-enrollment period to enroll in coverage.

• A child is born, adopted or received into foster care. The entire family can use the special-enrollment period to enroll in coverage.
• If you receive a child in foster care, you will need to indicate “adopted a child” in the drop-down menu when you apply.

Your household experienced a natural or human-caused disaster (such as wildfires) declared as a state of emergency in California.

You have lost coverage after leaving active duty, reserve duty, or the California National Guard.

You become a citizen, national, or permanent legal resident.

• You are already enrolled in a Covered California plan and become newly eligible or ineligible for tax credits or cost-sharing reductions.
• You are already enrolled in a Covered California plan and you lose a dependent or lose your status as a dependent due to divorce, legal separation, dissolution of domestic partnership, or death.

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