r/Medi_Cal

I'm a freelancer in CA and have been on Medi-Cal since before I started freelancing. I hadn't reported change in income because I made under $6k my first year (2025) and currently make about $1500/month before taxes. I honestly misunderstood reporting requirements and thought it was based on post-tax income and needed to be reported only if it exceeded the threshold.

My renewal period is up and I got a notice of termination at the end of the month because my previous income documents were apparently not detailed enough. I'm trying to report everything accurately now that I understand reporting requirements properly, and have submitted new documents (2025 tax return, sworn statement, letter explaining misunderstanding, etc). I am on psych meds that would honestly be devastating to have to stop cold-turkey (one is over $1k/month without coverage).

I guess I'm not sure if I am at risk of losing my coverage or being penalized over my own fuck up? I mean, I still came nowhere close to the threshold and my current income is still below it, so it isn't like I went over and tried to intentionally defraud the system. However, if this puts me at risk of losing my coverage, I need to start looking for new plans like yesterday and seeing if my providers even accept whatever new plan I would end up with.

My caseworker changed/was removed about a month ago and I haven’t been able to get a hold of anyone on the phone so far; it’s been over 45 days since I was approved for Medi-Cal. I should have received the packet last week, according to my calendar.
There haven’t been any updates or notices on my BenefitsCal account.

Does it usually take this long??

Hello everyone I’m coming too y’all today as a last resort and y’all helped me so much last time. So I’m currently disabled (surgery bottom of both my feet almost healed) my landlord aka my father is kicking me out after I’ve payed him almost everything from my disability checks for months but back in February my disability was exhausted and I applied for Social Security (still in the process been told it takes a long time too get approved) but now since I have no income I’m being forced out too the streets is there any programs or services I can reach out too I’m incredibly stressed out since when I was on disability my father basically bullied me into giving him every penny from my disability (like around 16k) and now I have no place to go any advice would be much appreciated. currently on medi-cal and ebt no income since social security hasn’t been approved. If yall need any more info plz reach out.