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CALPERS SEARCH TOOLS
CalPERS Health Plan Search by Zip Code
To find CalPERS health plans available in your area, search by zip code at
www.calpers.ca.govCalPERS Health Plan Chooser
CalPERS offers a comparison tool to compare all medical plans and also confirm whether your
doctor is in-network for the plan.
Reminder: Forms must be returned to the Department of Human Resources
by 5pm on
October 6, 2017
to ensure enrollment and for coverage to be effective January 1,
2018.
Why Would I Choose the PPO Plan?
Why Would I Not Choose the PPO Plan?
You have a doctor you like and you
would like to keep this doctor.
You want to see specialists and other
providers without having to first get a
referral and/or pre-approval.
You want the freedom to see
providers who are not in the network.
You are confident that you can
manage your own care.
You do not want a primary care
doctor.
You don’t want the extra
responsibility of managing your own
care.
PPOs are not as closely regulated by
the government as HMOs.
You do not want to pay the higher
costs of a PPO.
You do not want to get bills from
providers.