By Eric Katz – October 28, 2015 Federal employees will not have to worry about losing their health insurance if the plan in which they are enrolled is dropped from the governmentâs offerings, a rule finalized on Wednesday ensured. The Office of Personnel Management issued the final regulation requiring agencies to automatically enroll employees and…
Senator Tom Carperâs new bill to âSave the U.S. Postal Serviceâ will mean health benefit cuts and premium increases for many postal workers and retirees. It would create a unique Postal Service Health Benefits Program that all postal employees and annuitants must participate in (except PCES). If it is like the existing USPS Health Benefits…
Youâll have a new option when choosing your health coverage during this yearâs open season: Self Plus One. If youâre currently enrolled in a Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) coverage plan, youâve always had the option of choosing Self Only or Self and Family for your coverage. Self Plus One offers coverage for you and…
(March 3, 2015) It is rare that our federal government has an opportunity to both serve people better and save taxpayers money, but the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) provides an opportunity to save taxpayers as much as $300 million dollars and to modernize comprehensive health plans that will better meet consumersâ needs. The…
By Ben Smith – February 10, 2015 WASHINGTON â On Feb. 10, 2007, Barack Obama stood outside the state capitol in Springfield, Illinois, and announced his candidacy for president, promising a generational call to change the âways of Washington,â gauzily promising a âfuture of endless possibility.â Reporters peered down at the senator from a building…
New York Times Stresses the Importance of Older Voters According to The New York Times, older voters this year are not favoring Republicans by the overwhelming 21 points that they did in the 2010 midterm elections. Democratic pollster Geoff Garin suggests that even a small shift by older voters will have an outsized impact on…
How would you like to wind up working three, four or five years longer than you had planned? Either that or leaving the comfort of the subsidized, cradle-to-grave federal employee health program, FEHBP, for coverage under the Affordable Care Act? One of the major perks of being a federal or postal worker, or a retiree,…
Letâs begin this month with the Medicare sagaâŠ.well we did everything that I TELL YOU ALL TO DO⊠when turning 65 regarding Medicare Part B, and so NOT surprising âŠ. they still are âEncouragingâ hubby to take Medicare Part BâŠ.in fact, it is SO personalâŠ.. to your insurance, that guess whatâŠ..they even make a PERSONAL…
