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Doula Benefits Woven Into 2025 Health Plans

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Traveling for Medically Necessary Health Care? You Could Recoup Your Costs.

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HMO, PPO, and EPO – What’s the Difference and Why Does It Matter?

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Do You Know Your Health Plan’s Member Satisfaction Rating?

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How to Make 8 Key CalPERS Changes

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Just Married? Note These To-Do’s.

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CalPERS Announces Health Plan Premiums for 2025 Along With Expanded Cost-Saving Options for Members

10 months ago
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Tips to Enroll Disabled Dependents and Certify Parent-Child Relationships

10 months ago
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CalPERS Announces New Health Plan Contracts to Lower Costs While Improving Quality and Accountability

11 months ago
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5 CalPERS Retirement Myths Busted

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Employers, mark your calendars! CalPERS' Educatio Employers, mark your calendars!

CalPERS' Educational Forum is on the horizon, and there are some dates you should carve out if you'd like to join us.

This annual event is catered to CalPERS-contracted employers who want to learn the latest about our benefit programs, services, and more.

Stay tuned for additional details.
CalPERS recently took time during the lunch hour t CalPERS recently took time during the lunch hour to hold our annual Diversity & Inclusion Day — a tradition that brought us together to celebrate the many cultures our team members represent.
 
More than 30 booths at our Lincoln Plaza headquarters showcased a variety of backgrounds through information, crafts, clothing, and authentic food.
 
As noted by our CEO Marcie Frost, this event allows us to be our true selves in front of one another — while serving as a reminder that we have much in common as we partner in the same mission.
 
Here's to our volunteers and to everyone who came out to make this experience truly special.
 
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As we celebrate #PSRW this year, we thought it'd b As we celebrate #PSRW this year, we thought it'd be good to ask our membership what public service means to them. 

Hear from CalPERS members on the value of public service, and why they do what they do in their daily contributions to their communities.

For more public service resources and stories, visit OurPublicService.org
COLA has arrived! Starting this month, eligible C COLA has arrived!

Starting this month, eligible CalPERS retirees will see a cost-of-living adjustment added to their monthly warrants — which you can view in your myCalPERS account.

Here’s a quick explanation on what COLA is, how it applies to you, and the compounding power of time.

Head on over to my.calpers.ca.gov to view your unique COLA amount today.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom Appoints Michael Detoy to the CalPERS Board of Administration

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