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H E A LT H I N S U R A N C E C OV E R E D U N D E R P E MH C A

If you are nearing retirement, read this section to gain an understanding of how retirement will affect your health benefits. Contact your health benefits officer or personnel office for questions about your health benefits.

Once you are retired, contact CalPERS for questions about your health benefits or to make changes to your plan or dependents.

PEMHCA Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act If Your Effective Date of Retirement… is more than 120 days after separation from employment, you are not eligible to be enrolled in a CalPERS health plan at retirement or at any future date.

You can obtain health benefits publications, required forms, and other information about your CalPERS health benefits through our website at www.calpers.ca.gov or by calling CalPERS at 888 CalPERS (or 888 -225-7377). • Our Health Program Guide describes CalPERS Basic health plan eligibility, enrollment, and choices. It provides an overview of CalPERS health plan types and tells you how and when you can make changes to your plan (including what forms and documentation you will need). It also describes how life changes or changes in your employment status can affect your benefits and eligibility. • Our annual Health Benefit Summary provides valuable information to help you make an informed choice about your health plan and compare benefits, covered services, and co-payment information for all CalPERS health plans.

• Our Medicare Enrollment Guide provides information about how Medicare works with your CalPERS health benefits.

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