In addition, U.S. Care offers the only group LTC plans available on a self-insured basis. CalPERS, together with the State Teachers Retirement System and County Employees, has 1,000,000 active and retired members. Enrollment for the CalPERS group long-term care plan is 106,000. Hewlett-Packard has 65,000 active employees and 5,400 retirees. Dade County Public Schools, the second largest company in Florida and the fourth largest school district in the United States, has 36,000 employees.
Enrollment is currently in process.
States where U.S. Care's product have been approved include Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina and Ohio. Additionally, U.S. Care is developing an innovative new product which will be marketed to individuals under the brand name Partner for Life SM . This product will allow individuals to custom build their own long-term care plan by selecting from several nursing home and home health plans plus an array of optional benefits. U.S. Care anticipates Partner for Life SM will be launched in the Florida, Colorado, Texas, and California markets in the first half of fiscal 2000. Several senior members of the management staff associated with USA's innovative history have joined U.S. Care.