Associated Press
California has no plans to move state government workers onto the state's new insurance exchange, said Bill Madison, a spokesman for the California Public Employees' Retirement System. CalPERS provides health benefits to nearly 550,000 current state employees and their dependents. An additional 270,000 retired state workers also receive health coverage through the nation's largest public pension fund, he said. "All employees are staying in CalPERS health plans as long as they're eligible for them," Madison said this week. CalPERS is the third largest purchaser of health care in the nation. It provides benefits to more than 1.3 million public employees, retirees and their families.
