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CONSUMER INFO/Healthcare Resources

Consumer Links

For questions about:

• HMO plans
• Individual health insurance
• Conversion coverage
• Cal-COBRA coverage
• Fully insured group health insurance

Contact: California Department of Managed Health Care
(888) 466-2219
(877) 688-9891 (TDD)

For questions about:

• Indemnity and PPO plans
• Individual health insurance
• Conversion coverage
• Cal-COBRA coverage
• Fully insured group health insurance
• BCBS

Contact: California Department of Insurance
(800) 927-4357 (in-state only)
(800) 482-4833 (TDD)
(213) 897-8921 (L.A. area or out-of-state)

For questions about:

• Self-insured group health plans
• COBRA continuation coverage
• Family and Medical Leave Act

Contacts per region: U.S. Department of Labor, Los Angeles Regional Office (Southern California) (626) 583-7862; U.S. Department of Labor, Los Angeles Regional Office (Northern California) (415) 975-4600; U.S. Department of Labor, Division of Technical Assistance and Inquiries, Washington, D.C. (202) 219-8776.

Other Contacts
Department of Labor publications
(800) 998-7542

California Family Rights Act Leave, Fair Employment and Housing Act Leave
and California Department of Fair Employment & Housing
(916) 227-0551
(800) 884-1684


Major Risk Medical Insurance Program (MRMIP), Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board
(916) 324-4695
(800) 289-6574


Medi-Cal, California Department of Health Services
(916) 636-1980


Healthy Families
(800) 880-5305


Access for Infants and Mothers (AIM), Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board
(800) 433-2611
(888) 387-6924 (TTY)