Myth: CalPERS pays 100 percent of retiree health care costs. | Facts
Myth: Spending health care dollars on prevention and wellness programs does little to affect the overall cost of health care in our nation, our state and our communities. | Facts
Myth: CalPERS members will have no choice in what health benefits they receive. They will have to go into a public plan. | Facts
Myth: If CalPERS is not affected by the national health care policy changes that could come, why should we care? | Facts
Myth: If nothing occurs in Washington this year, it won’t really matter because CalPERS already operates its own system of health benefits. | Facts
CalPERS Lauds Congress on Passage of Health Care Reform Legislation March 23, 2010
CalPERS applauded Congress for passing landmark national health care reform legislation that constitutes the biggest expansion of health care since the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid over four decades ago. Read More »
CalPERS CEO Urges Congress to "Move Forward Without Delay" on Health Care Bill January 28, 2010
Following President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Speech where he pressed Congress to approve health care reform legislation, California Public Employees Retirement System’s Chief Executive Officer Anne Stausboll today urged federal lawmakers... Read More »
CalPERS Applauds Senate on Health Care Reform Action December 29, 2009
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) applauded recent U.S. Senate action approving The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and sending the measure to conference with the House of Representatives. Read More »
CalPERS Lauds Cost Containment Amendments December 10, 2009
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) expressed strong support for an amendment package introduced today in the U.S. Senate that further streamlines and improves our health care delivery system and would save billions... Read More »
CalPERS Joins in Quality, Affordability Efforts Oct 7, 2009
The ability of public sector to offer high quality health care services at an affordable cost that is sustainable for an employer and its employees and retirees is of paramount importance to CalPERS. Read More »
Conversations with CalPERS Leaders
Update - Health Care Reform Filmed: June 21, 2010
In this edition, Kim Malm, Interim Assistant Executive Officer for Health Benefits, outlines near-term impacts of national health care reform on CalPERS members, retirees and stakeholders.
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