Your Health Care Options Most residents are now required to have health insurance. You may be able to get free or low‑cost health insurance. Learn more about the health care programs in San Francisco below.

Medicare

Medi‑Cal is ’s free public health insurance is a health insurance program for people 65 program. Services covered include doctor office visits, or older, people under 65 with certain disabilities, and hospital stays, and prescription drugs. people with End‑Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). Adults who meet these program rules can You can join Medicare if you are a U.S. citizen or join Medi‑Cal: permanent resident and: • Between age 19 – 64 • Get or are can get Social Security benefits • Household earnings at or below 138% of the • You have been getting Social Security disability Federal Poverty Level (income at or below $16,248 benefits for 24 months for a household of 1) • You meet other program rules For more information, visit www.sfhsa.org/BenefitsSF.html For more information, visit or call 1(855) 355‑5757. www.medicare.gov or call 1(800) 772‑1213.

Covered California is California’s health insurance Healthy San Francisco is a health access program market where you can buy health insurance. that covers health care services for people who live in San Francisco and don’t have access to health insurance. To buy health insurance, you must be a U.S. Citizen or legal immigrant Healthy San Francisco is not health insurance. It is a health access program. You may have to pay a fine for You can get financial help to buy health insurance if not having health insurance if you join HSF. You must your household earnings are between 139% and 400% meet all of these rules to join Healthy San Francisco: of the Federal Poverty Level (earnings between $16,249 and $47,088 for a household of 1). • Live in San Francisco Covered California is open for enrollment from • Age 18 or over November 1, 2015 to January 31, 2016 for coverage in • Uninsured for at least 90 days 2016. If you miss open enrollment, you will not be able to enroll until fall of 2016 for coverage that will begin • Not able to join Medi-Cal or Medicare in 2017. For more information, visit For more information, visit www.healthysanfrancisco.org or www.coveredca.com or call 1(800) 300‑1506. call 1(415) 615‑4555.

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