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Community Health Advocacy Project
The Health Consumer Alliance

50 Fell Street, First Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102
Website: http://www.healthconsumer.org/SanFrancisco.html
Phone: 415-982-1300
Toll-Free: 1-800-551-5554


Serves low-income residents of Alameda and San Francisco counties.

Community Health Advocacy Project
The Health Consumer Alliance

405 14th Street, 11th Floor
Oakland, CA
Website: http://www.healthconsumer.org/SanFrancisco.html
Phone: 510-663-4744
Toll-Free: 1-800-551-5554


Serves low-income residents of Alameda and San Francisco counties.

Consumer Center for Health Education and Advocacy
The Health Consumer Alliance

1475 Sixth Avenue, Fourth Floor
San Diego, CA 92101
Website: http://www.healthconsumer.org/SanDiego.html
Phone: 1-877-734-3258 (toll-free)

Serves low-income residents of San Diego county.

Department of Managed Care
California HMO Help Center

980 Ninth Street, Suite 500
Sacramento, CA 95814-2725
Website: http://www.hmohelp.ca.gov/gethelp/
Phone: 1-888-HMO-2219 (toll-free)
TDD: 1-877-688-9891


Serves residents enrolled in HMOs and Blue Shield PPOs (serves mostly privately insured consumers); helps resolve problems with medical care, prescriptions, preventive testing, and mental health services; assists with questions regarding the complaint process and health care rights; provides education.

Fresno Health Consumer Center
The Health Consumer Alliance

1999 Tuolumne, Suite 700
Fresno, CA 93721
Website: http://www.healthconsumer.org/Fresno.html
Phone: 559-570-1200
Toll-Free: 1-800-300-1277 (nationwide)


Serves low-income residents of Fresno county

Health Consumer Center of Los Angeles
The Health Consumer Alliance

13327 Van Nuys Boulevard
Pacoima, CA 91331-3099
Website: http://www.healthconsumer.org/LosAngeles.html
Phone: 1- 800-896-3203 (toll-free nationwide)
TDD Line: 818-834-7575


Serves low-income residents of Los Angeles county

Health Consumer Center of San Mateo County
The Health Consumer Alliance

521 East Fifth Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94402
Website: http://www.healthconsumer.org/SanMateo.html
Phone: 650-375-0185
TDD Line: 650-558-0786
Hotline: 1-800-381-8898


Serves low-income health consumers and health consumers who are eligible for public health insurance programs in San Mateo county.

Health Rights Hotline
The Health Consumer Alliance

519 12th Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Website: http://www.hrh.org/
Phone: 1-888-354-4474 (Toll-Free)
TTY/TTD Line: 916-551-2180


Serves residents of El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo counties.

Kern Health Consumer Center
The Health Consumer Alliance

615 California Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93304-1611
Website: http://www.healthconsumer.org/Kern.html
Phone: 661-321-3982
Hotline: 1-800-906-3982


Serves low-income residents with concerns about managed care and other health insurance, access to health care for immigrants, and the uninsured.

Medi-Cal Managed Care Office of the Ombudsman
Department of Health Services

1501 Capitol Avenue, MS-4412
Sacramento, California 95814
Website: http://www.dhs.ca.gov/mcs/mcmcd/
Phone: 1-800-896-2512 TTY
1-888-896-4042


Serves California residents with Medicaid (Medi-Cal)

Medi-Cal Mental Health Ombudsman Services
Department of Mental Health

1600 Ninth Street, Room 130
Sacramento, California 95814
Website: http://www.dmh.cahwnet.gov/specialprograms/ombud.asp
Phone: 916-654-3890
Toll-Free: 800-896-4042 (only in California)
TTY: 1-800-896-2512


Serves residents Medicaid who have mental health concerns

Orange County Health Consumer Action Center
The Health Consumer Alliance

902 North Main Street
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Website: http://www.healthconsumer.org/Orange.html
Phone: 714-571-5200
Toll-Free: 1-800-834-5001 (only in California)


Serves low-income residents of Orange county

The Actor's Fund of America
Artists' Health Insurance Resource Center

5757 Willshire Boulevard Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Website: http://www.ahirc.org/
Phone: 323-933-9244

Provides health insurance information and assistance to members of the arts and entertainment communities.

The Health Consumer Alliance (Main Office)

2639 South La Cienega Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90034
Website: http://www.healthconsumer.org/
Phone: 310-204-4900
Email: hca@healthlaw.org


Serves low-income residents with health care problems in ElDorado,Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Placer,Sacramento,San Diego, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Yolo counties.

The Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP)
California Department of Aging

1300 National Drive, Suite 200
Sacramento, CA 95834
Website: http://www.calmedicare.org/counseling/index.html
Phone: 916-491-7500 (national number)Toll-Free: 1-800-434-0222

Educates and assists Medicare beneficiaries, those eligible for Medicare, and caregivers about Medicare, Medicaid, Medigap, pharmacy assistance programs, and other issues related to health insurance benefits.

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