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My Health LA (abbreviated MHLA) is a no-cost health care program for low-income
Los Angeles County Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the most populous county in the United States and in the U.S. state of California, with 9,861,224 residents estimated as of 2022. It is th ...
residents, designed to benefit between 400,000 and 700,000 LA County residents who are ineligible for Medi-Cal, most of those being undocumented immigrants. The program establishes a network of community clinics who provide primary care needs for enrolled patients under the
medical home The medical home, also known as the patient-centered medical home (PCMH), is a team-based health care delivery model led by a health care provider to provide comprehensive and continuous medical care to patients with a goal to obtain maximal heal ...
model, with incentives to providers to coordinate care and manage utilization. The
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allocated in annual funding to support the program. The program, which was launched on October 1, 2014, is administered by the
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (abbreviated DHS and LADHS) operates the public hospitals and clinics in Los Angeles County, and is the United States' second largest municipal health system, after NYC Health + Hospitals. DHS o ...
. MHLA succeeded the County's previous program, Healthy Way LA. As of September 2016, MHLA has enrolled 147,314 patients.


See also

* Healthcare in California * Healthcare availability for undocumented immigrants in the United States *
Immigrant health care in the United States Immigrant health care in the United States refers to the collective systems in the United States that deliver health care services to immigrants. The term "immigrant" is often used to encompass non-citizens of varying status; this includes permane ...
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Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (abbreviated DHS and LADHS) operates the public hospitals and clinics in Los Angeles County, and is the United States' second largest municipal health system, after NYC Health + Hospitals. DHS o ...


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* {{Official website, https://dhs.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/dhs/mhla Healthcare in Los Angeles Organizations based in Los Angeles County, California Medical and health organizations based in California