The following is the content of an email received by Rene Rodriguez from Lester Tong and posted here with Lester’s permission.
Rene,
This afternoon (July 17, 2020), 3:00pm till 5:00pm, I attended the “CalPERS Health Plans – Informational Zoom Meeting” (along with 218 others) presented by Katy Lyon. I found it to be very helpful but with a lot of distractive questions from the audience. This Zoom Meeting was recorded and will be made available for playback at the District’s Benefit website at
Look for the section “CalPERS MEDICAL”, then subsection “Retirees”.
Under the “CalPERS Live Webinar – Recording 6/30/2020” will be the Zoom meeting of 7/17/2020 (when they get it posted). I would encourage all retirees to go to this website and review the CalPERS MEDICAL section.
Also, there was a chat session during the Zoom meeting and I saved all the chat to a file (see attached)
Also, to define the Retiree Tier 1 to 4 go to: https://www.vcccd.edu/
Here are the highlights from my notes:
__ MES Vision & Delta Dental will remain the same and separate from CalPERS Medical.
__ Everyone must submit the CalPERS Application form by mail or FAX (800) 959-6545.
__ Only CalPERS has this form and it should be mailed directly to you (I got my packet on Jul 9).
__ Anthem CalPERS “Find Care tool” for a doctor, pharmacy, hospital, or urgent care center is at
__ If you are over 65 and do not have both Medicare parts A & B, then you default to the “BASIC” or B Plan.
__ “2020 Health Benefit Summary” booklet compares all the health plans. It was mailed to everyone. Also can be downloaded from the District’s Benefit website (see link above).
__ For the “Retiree Monthly Contributions” in Ventura County, see Region 2 that was mailed to you.
__ CalPERS Health Benefit is by Calendar Year which is January 2021. Therefore, deductibles amounts reset to zero in January.
__ Also deductibles amounts are reset in September 2020 when we start with CalPERS Health Benefit.
__ Medicare part B monthly premiums will be reimbursable with proof of payment starting September 2020. Reimbursements will be handled by a 3rd party. VCCCD can not pay these premiums directly as it is prohibited by law.
–Lester Tong
Classified Retiree, June 2016
