CalPERS Responds

National Health Care Reform



Issues Update


The Cost of Health Care
September 23, 2009
According to the California HealthCare Foundation, health care spending in California in 2007 was approximately $167 billion. Last fiscal year alone, health care expenses accounted for nearly a quarter of the State’s budget. CalPERS spends about $5.7 billion a year to provide health care to its 1.3 million public employees.

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