What the census shows for 91302
ZIP code 91302, which takes in both Calabasas and Hidden Hills, has 25,569 people. Of those, 4,729 are 65 or older, a share of 18.5 percent. The county figure is 15.2 percent. The median age is 44.5, and the median household income is $185,636. In 6,703 of the 9,494 occupied homes, the people living there own the place. That works out to 70.6 percent. In Los Angeles County overall, owners live in 45.9 percent of homes. English is the only language spoken at home by 73.8 percent of people age 5 and up, and 4.9 percent speak Spanish. All of these figures are 2020 to 2024 American Community Survey estimates. The number of people 65 and older is a straight sum of the survey's age groups.
Hospitals east of Calabasas, along the 101
UCLA West Valley Medical Center, at 7300 Medical Center Dr in West Hills, has 249 licensed beds. Many people still call it West Hills Hospital. Kaiser Foundation Hospital Woodland Hills, at 5601 De Soto Avenue, is licensed for 274 and, emergencies aside, serves only Kaiser plan members. Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center, at 18321 Clark Street, is licensed for 204. All three bed counts are from California's state licensing records, read in September 2026. UCLA, Kaiser and Providence are three separate systems. A Medicare Advantage plan reaches them through the medical groups it signs with. So the group you pick, not the brand on your card, decides which of the three you can use. Two plans sold under the same logo can lead to different doctors, and the group contracts can be renegotiated each year. Before you enroll, Lara pulls up each plan's directory as it stands that day and checks it for the hospital you want, your doctors and the pharmacy you use. She runs the same search every fall, once the plans announce their changes.
The income surcharge and retiree coverage
The median household income in 91302 is $185,636, so the Medicare income surcharge is worth a look before you stop working. Medicare charges higher earners more for Part B and Part D, based on your tax return from two years back. That means the high earnings of your last working years can raise what you pay after you retire. If your income has dropped since then because you retired or had another life changing event, you can ask Social Security to use your current income instead. You do that with Form SSA-44. If your health coverage continues into retirement through an employer or a union, find out how it fits with Medicare before you change anything. Some retiree plans work alongside Medicare. Others end when Medicare begins. And many will not let you back in after you switch to a Medicare Advantage plan. Lara goes through the plan's own documents with you, so you know which kind you have before you sign anything.
Medicare Advantage across Los Angeles County in 2027
About 57 percent of Los Angeles County's 1.7 million Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage or another Medicare health plan (CMS, May 2026). The county has 70 Medicare Advantage plans open to general enrollment in 2027, plus 54 Special Needs Plans, and 60 of the 70 charge a $0 monthly plan premium (CMS 2027 Landscape file). What varies far more is the out of pocket maximum, the most you pay in a year for covered care in network: our analysis of the same file puts the average at $2,232 and the median at $1,500, with a range from $199 to $9,850.
Lara is a licensed insurance agent. Insurance companies pay her when you enroll, so her help costs you nothing and your premium is the same with or without her.
How Lara is paidIndependent Medicare help in Calabasas
Goulson Insurance Services Inc. is an independent insurance agency, and our agents work as licensed brokers for Calabasas families. No single insurance company employs us or decides what we recommend, so the comparison starts with your doctors, your prescriptions and your budget. We put Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement and Part D plans from several carriers side by side, and you enroll only if one fits. The agency holds CA license 6020069, Lara Goulson holds CA license 0E69969, and we work in English, Spanish and Hebrew.
What else Lara handles in 91302
Seven of every ten households in 91302 own their home. If you own yours, planning for long term care includes the house itself, because Medi-Cal has its own rules for how a home is treated. Lara also offers long term care, life insurance and final expense coverage, and she takes each one up in a separate conversation, never inside your Medicare review. Once you are enrolled, she is still the person to call. If a charge seems off or a claim gets denied, she will get the doctor's office or the carrier on the phone with you.
Call or text (818) 472-5484 before you give up any retiree coverage.
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