Under new guidelines, retirees who return to UC employment within 26 weeks (6 months) of retirement and meet specific eligibility criteria will be offered the "Mid-level" faculty/staff benefits package instead of retiree medical benefits.

UC retiree medical benefits will be suspended for any rehired retiree who is offered faculty/staff benefits, regardless of whether they enroll.

UC’s benefits eligibility policy is being updated to ensure compliance with federal requirements. Many rehired retirees will be offered UC’s faculty/staff medical benefits, and they cannot remain in UC-sponsored Medicare medical plans (such as UC Medicare Choice or Kaiser Senior Advantage) if they are eligible for faculty/staff medical benefits (such as UC Blue & Gold HMO, Kaiser HMO or UC Care). For the sake of equity, rehired retirees who are not eligible for Medicare are included in this policy. This is to their advantage since faculty/staff medical plan premiums are lower than premiums for non-Medicare retiree medical plans. 

Read more about these changes in the UCNet article.