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What is
RPEN?
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We are an association of
Nevada retired public employees, individuals covered by the Public
Employees' Retirement System, (PERS).
Our members are former employees of cities, counties, the state,
school districts, police & fire service, and other local government
employers in Nevada.
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RPEN is NOT PERS. We work
with PERS but are independent from them. We are an association
of PERS retirees. Just because you receive a PERS
pension does not make you an RPEN member.
- RPEN was formed in 1977 by a group of Nevada
public employee retirees including the state’s first executive
officer of PERS.
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These founders discovered
that upon retirement, retirees not only lived on fixed incomes but
saw an increasingly greater percentage of their retirement income
spent for health care.
- RPEN was founded to work with PERS, retired
public employee group insurance programs such as the Public Employees'
Benefits Program (PEBP), the Nevada State Legislature and others
to bring
PERS retirees
a strong,
collective voice to ensure our issues are heard.
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