UCLA
Emeriti/Retirees Relations Center

Open Enrollment 2026

Thursday, Oct. 30, at 8 a.m. through Friday, Nov. 21, at 5 p.m.

Open Enrollment is the annual period when University of California retirees can enroll in benefits for the next calendar year. If you don’t act during Open Enrollment, you’ll continue your current health coverage, but your costs will likely change. Learn all about your benefits here. Additional information, such as plan changes, as well as tools and resources to assist with this year’s benefits choices, will be shared as soon as it becomes available.

UCLA Health Care Facilitator Open Enrollment Help Desks

The Zoom help desk sessions are run in a Live Q&A format and are offered during Open Enrollment period. Review the 2026 Retiree Open Enrollment Highlights below or on our YouTube page. We highly encourage you to listen to the prerecorded OE presentation, which contains all the details about OE and highlights any recent changes. This will help us use our time more efficiently and allow you to bring forward any remaining questions you may have.

2026 UCLA Retiree Open Enrollment Highlights Video

    NOTE: The UCLA Health Care Facilitator (HCF) is here to assist with escalated medical, dental and vision plan issues that you have not been able to resolve on your own. The HCF is not your first point of contact for any issue. If you have questions about your retiree check, questions about plan premiums, or enrollment process or eligibility issues (such as your plan says you and/or your dependent(s) are not covered), please contact the Retirement Administration Service Center (RASC) at 800-888-8267 or log into UCRAYS to contact RASC customer service from within the portal. UC retiree plans are maintained by RASC. RASC is responsible for resolving your eligibility and enrollment issues when you have retiree coverage.

    Open Enrollment with Kaiser Permanente

    This year, the ERRC is partnering with Kaiser Permanente to offer Open Enrollment webinars specifically for retirees who are enrolled in or interested in enrolling in the Kaiser Permanente plans.

    Hear from Medical Plans Directly:

    To get started and enroll:

    Download your Open Enrollment booklet:

    Tools:

    Contacts:

    Additional Resources:

    Helpful Links

    If you have any questions about the retiree help desks and Zoom webinars, please contact the ERRC by email at emeriti@errc.ucla.edu or call 310-825-7456.