Health Coverage

IMPORTANT: Medi-Cal beneficiaries, stay enrolled — share your updated information with your local Shasta County office. Here's how: 
          • By phone: 877-652-0731           • Online: benefitscal.com          • In person: Find your local county office here

Affordable health care is essential to health and well being. Below is a list of options for health care coverage, depending on your individual situation. You can start your application for many of these by phone at 1-877-652-0731 or online at benefitscal.com.

• Medi-Cal
• County Medical Insurance Program (CMSP)
• Medi-Cal Access Program (MCAP): For women who don't have insurance to cover pregnancy and are not receiving no-cost Medi-Cal or Medicare Part A and Part B, or have other health insurance plan that doesn't cover maternity services or with a maternity-only deductible or copayment greater than $500.
• Prescription Discounts

Having difficulty with the paperwork? Community Health Advocates (CHAs) are available in all of our offices and can help with: 

• CalFresh, Medi-Cal, CMSP and AIM  applications
• Referrals to community resources for help with utilities, housing, transportation, employment, etc.
• CHAs can also explain the different private insurance plans available through Covered California 

Para assistencia en español llame 530-224-4879 o 530-335-6701. For assistance in Mien call 530-224-4877.

Want to learn more about your health coverage options? Visit Covered Shasta. 

Click on the documents below to see new infographics from The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that show preventative services — including HIV screening, STD prevention counseling, and hepatitis B vaccination — available to adults at no cost, due to the Affordable Care Act.