 [ Symptoms ] i am on medicare at 69 i do not work and my wife has small house cleaning jobs and makes about 7 800 a year  is medicaid in california or something else available for her [ Disease ] california is medicaid program called medi cal is expanding you will want to go through covered california to shop for plans coveredca com both your income if you receive social security benefits and your wife is income will be counted when determining whether she qualifies for medi cal or a subsidy