The
California Medical Assistance Program (
Medi-Cal or
MediCal) is the name of the
California Medicaid welfare program serving low-income individuals, including but not limited to: families, seniors, persons with disabilities, children in foster care, pregnant women, and childless adults with incomes below 138% of federal poverty level. It is jointly administered by the
California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and the federal
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), with many services implemented at the local level by the
counties of California. Approximately 12.5 million citizens were enrolled in Medi-Cal as of May 2015, or about 32.4% of California's population.