CalPERS Shows Support for New National Health Care Reform Legislation
The California Public Employees' Retirement System has endorsed the new national health care reform law, Capitol Weekly reports.
Rob Feckner, president of CalPERS, said the legislation "puts people before profits" and called the coverage expansion a "moral imperative."
CalPERS has supported reform proposals that focus on:
- Bolstering the affordability of health care;
- Constraining costs, increasing value, and improving health care quality and efficiency; and
- Curbing prescription drug costs.