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General Benefits and Services Assistance | Bay Area Legal Aid - Health Consumer Center

***See Description***, Richmond, CA 94801

Eligibility

Encounter problems or have questions in the area of health care coverage and access.

Required documents

None

Hours

Call center: Monday-Thursday, 9am-5pm and Friday, 9-1pm

Languages

English, Vietnamese, Spanish and language line available.

Application process

Call health consumer center hotline for legal advice.

Fees

None

Service area

Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Marin County, Napa County, San Francisco County, Santa Clara County, Sonoma County

Description

Provides legal services via remote advocacy. Housing, DV Restraining Order and Consumer clinics are all suspended; contact hotlines for assistance. Offers free legal services related to health care access and coverage, including Covered California, public and private insurance and other health care access related issues. Issues included but not limited to: Medi-Cal and Denti-Cal, Medicare, medical debt, IHSS, paratransit services, mental health services and county indigent programs.

Providing organization

Bay Area Legal Aid

Provides legal services via remote advocacy. Housing, DV Restraining Order and Consumer clinics are all suspended; contact hotlines for assistance. Provides free legal help for low-income people in four areas: Housing, Public Benefits, Family and Consumer.