Data brief: Key facts about Medi-Cal beneficiaries

Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, co-authored a data brief published by the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute on the demographics of Medi-Cal enrollees in California.

Medi-Cal, California’s state Medicaid program, serves over 14 million people and provides health care coverage to about one-third of the state population.

The research published April 23 found that more than half (52%) of Medi-Cal enrollees in California are Latino, notably greater than the Latino share of the total state population (40%).

The share of Latino enrollees is also 36 percentage points greater than that of white enrollees (16%), the second-largest racial group enrolled in Medi-Cal.

For more information, read the LPPI data brief.