PERA on the Issues is launching a new health care category. We’ve brought more experts onto our team to help provide the latest information and resources about health care trends and how those impact retirees and public employee retirement plans.
We learned from our recent survey that readers want to learn more about health care and retirement-related health care topics. We’ve also heard requests from members and retirees for objective information about health care policy and how policies affect them.
We plan to cover a range of health care topics:
- Health care coverage options for pre-Medicare and Medicare-eligible retirees.
- Potential changes to health care coverage for public employees and retirees.
- Advances and innovation in health care options for PERA members or retirees, such as PERACare Select.
- Proposed policy changes that could impact health care options or health care coverage, such as the “Cadillac tax” on high-cost health plans.
- Health care cost predictions that could impact retirees or public employee retirement plans like PERA.
You can also expect us to look into emerging – and transforming – health care trends:
- Wearable health care technology
- Mobile health apps
- Behavioral health care
- Community care that could lower costs
- New opportunities to improve health care quality and efficiency
And framing this entire topic is some interesting research that many factors – not just health care – can help make communities healthier places to live, learn, work, and play:
Health care policy issues are complex and we expect some of our coverage of those issues will be too. We will continue to provide an objective perspective, keeping in mind some of the unique circumstances and challenges that public employees and their retirement systems face.
Stay tuned!
