Presentations for Retirees

1. UC Retiree Medical Plans

2. Open Enrollment Highlights

Presentation:  UC Retiree Medical Plans for 2024

This overview of University of California retiree medical plans is intended to help those who need to know more about the plans during Open Enrollment for 2024 and beyond. (This presentation does not discuss post-doctoral scholar, intern/resident or student benefits.) Tools related to this presentation:

• PowerPoint slides [PDF]
• Retiree rates: 2024 UC Retiree Premium Estimator [Excel]
  • Retirees age 65+ not eligible for Medicare click here.
• Local Davis/Sacramento medical provider availability by plan:
  • More On UC Medical Plans [PDF]; lists all major local medical groups
  • UC Davis Medical Group is available through all non-Kaiser plans
    • Assistance finding available UCDMG primary care physicians is available
• Regional Medical Plan Availability: The 2024 UC Medical Plan Availability tool [Excel] indicates plan availability by ZIP code and county.
• Search for network providers across California and beyond:
  • Anthem Blue Cross PPOs:
    • CORE
    • UC Health Savings Plan (Closed to retiree enrollment; employees may retire and keep it until they or a covered family member becomes eligible for Medicare.)
    • UC Care
    • UC Medicare PPO, UC High Option
    • Preferred providers outside the U.S.A.
      • CORE/UC Health Savings Plan members use code QUC to search
      • UC Care members use code VUC to search
      • UC Medicare PPO/UC High Option members use code U5X to search
  • Health Net: UC Blue & Gold HMO (urban CA only)
  • Kaiser Permanente/Senior Advantage (urban CA only)
  • UnitedHealthcare: UC Medicare Choice
• Compare medical plans side-by-side
  • Which medical plan is right for you?
  • Which Medicare plan is right for you?
• Health plan phone numbers and web addresses
  • Anthem Blue Cross (non-Medicare) | Anthem Blue Cross (retirees with Medicare)
    • Navitus (Pharmacy Benefit Manager)
    • Health Equity (HSA plan administrator) (UC Health Savings Plan members only.)
  • Health Net
  • Kaiser Permanente
    • Optum behavioral health (Access Code: 11280) (Non-Medicare Kaiser members only.)
  • UnitedHealthcare
  • Delta Dental
  • Vision Service Plan for Retirees

Streaming video

• Part 1: Intro/changing medical plans
• Part 2: Medicare and UC
• Part 3: HMOs compared
• Part 4: PPOs compared
• Part 5: Conclusion

Presentation:  Open Enrollment Highlights for 2024

Hosted by the UC Davis Retiree Center on 10/30/2023, featured speaker Health Care Facilitator Guerren Solbach highlighted the upcoming open enrollment period, discussed changes for retiree health plans in 2024, and answered questions raised by attendees. If you missed the webinar, you can still watch the recording here: