Presentations for Retirees
Presentation: UC Retiree Medical Plans for 2023
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 2023 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: 2023 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
- Regional Medical Plan Availability: The 2023 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 (Click on Recognitions tab to determine if provider is UC Select or Anthem Preferred.)
- UC Medicare PPO, UC High Option
- Preferred providers outside the U.S.A. (Use code QUC to search)
- Health Net: UC Blue & Gold HMO
- Kaiser Permanente/Senior Advantage
- UnitedHealthcare: UC Medicare Choice
- Anthem Blue Cross PPOs:
- Medical Plan Comparison Spreadsheets
- 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)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Delta Dental
- Vision Service Plan for Retirees
- Anthem Blue Cross (non-Medicare) | Anthem Blue Cross (retirees with Medicare)
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 2023
Each fall the UC Davis Retiree Center coordinates a joint meeting of the UC Davis Emeriti Association and UC Davis Retirees' Association during which they feature Open Enrollment. For their 10/25/2022 joint meeting, Health Care Facilitator Guerren Solbach highlighted the upcoming open enrollment period, discussed changes for retiree health plans in 2023, and took questions.