September 09, 2013 5:10 PM

Families USA, a national organization for health care consumers, will host a toll-free teleconference on Tuesday to help California residents prepare for the new health care insurance marketplace.

About 5.9 million Californians may be eligible for financial help for health coverage, Families USA announced in a news release Monday.

The purpose of the teleconference is to provide new analysis to show how California residents may secure financial assistance beginning Oct. 1, when the first enrollment period begins for Covered California. Covered California is the states new health insurance marketplace created under the Affordable Care Act.

At that time, approximately 5,871,000 Californians take the steps needed to secure financial help so that comprehensive, affordable health coverage becomes available to them as of January 1, 2014, the release stated.

Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Los Angeles; Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez; Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Los Angeles; and Families USA Executive Director Ron Pollack will make presentations.

The teleconference will feature an analysis by Families USA on the new benefits available to Californians, and how residents can secure those benefits.

The Families USA Teleconference on new health coverage eligibility for California will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

To participate, call 888-500-6950 toll-free and give the confirmation code, 6118735.

According to Bryan Fisher, a media relations officer at Families USA, people can call in and listen to the various presentations given by the speakers. Callers may press the star key (*) to be entered into the question cue, where an operator will then assist the caller.

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Health care consumers offered analysis on upcoming enrollment