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Children with Medi-Cal
Description of Indicator
This indicator measures the number of children per 1,000 children under 18 who are enrolled in Medi-Cal. Medi-Cal is California’s Medicaid, a public health insurance program providing free or low cost health care services for low-income individuals.
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Why is this Important to Health?
Medi-Cal as insurance coverage is strongly related to better health outcomes when it makes health care affordable and helps consumers use care appropriately. Having health insurance improves health outcomes by helping people obtain regular and ongoing health care including preventive and screening services, prescription drug benefits, mental health and other services, and primary care outside of the emergency room (3). Uninsured young children have lower immunization rates than insured children. Uninsured children are also 70 percent less likely than insured children to receive medical care for common childhood conditions such as a sore throat, or for emergencies such as a ruptured appendix (4). When hospitalized, uninsured children are at greater risk of dying than children with insurance (2).
Resources
The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured maintains a clearinghouse of information on potential policy solutions to covering the uninsured in the United States, including children. Information about Medi-Cal and how to apply can be found at Orange County Social Services/Medi-Cal and California Medi-Cal.
Villa Park Yorba Linda Seal Beach Newport Beach Laguna Beach Rancho Santa Margarita Irvine Aliso Viejo Laguna Niguel Mission Viejo La Palma Brea Dana Point San Clemente Los Alamitos Fountain Valley Cypress Huntington Beach Laguna Hills Laguna Woods San Juan Capistrano Lake Forest Placentia Orange County Fullerton Tustin Orange Buena Park Costa Mesa La Habra Stanton Westminster Garden Grove Anaheim Santa Ana 31 52 53 55 57 65 67 70 78 83 108 108 120 131 133 133 133 146 147 171 176 208 244 253 256 259 270 275 281 294 335 349 379 391 490
Children with Medi-Cal by Zip Code, 2009
SAN BERNARDINO
LOS ANGELES
La Habra Brea
Fullerton Placentia Yorba Linda
Buena Park La Palma Anaheim
Cypress Los Alamitos Stanton
Garden Grove Villa Park
Orange
Seal Beach Westminster
Santa Ana
Fountain Valley Huntington Beach
Costa Mesa Tustin
Irvine Lake Forest
Newport Beach Rancho Santa Margarita
Mission Viejo
Laguna Hills Aliso Viejo
Laguna Beach Laguna Niguel
Number of Children with Medi-Cal per 1,000 Children
0 - 68 69 - 253 254 - 271 272 - 542 Data missing or unstable
San Juan Capistrano
Dana Point
San Clemente
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RIVERSIDE
SAN DIEGO
0 2.5 5 10 Miles
