Benefits
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Next year's premium rate increases under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program are on the modest side, at least compared to recent years. Open season begins Monday and runs through Dec. 13.
November 08, 2021 -
For many long-term investors — like folks in the Thrift Savings Plan — the question is simple. What, if anything, should I be doing with my portfolio?
November 03, 2021 -
People are going back to the dentist in full force to regain control of their oral health. Open Season is the best time to reexamine the dental plans available to federal employees and TRICARE retirees, as plans and premiums may be changing.
November 02, 2021 -
When people leave government, either for another job or retirement, about a third take their TSP accounts with them.
November 02, 2021 -
This exclusive e-book will help you navigate federal health care benefit plans for 2022 open season and how to choose what's right for you.
October 29, 2021 -
A growing number of savvy feds are and have been rolling outside money into the TSP at an impressive and growing scale.
October 28, 2021 -
There are also lots of things to consider, including picking the best health plan for you and yours to get you through 2022.
October 27, 2021 -
The emergency paid leave program, which Congress created through the American Rescue Plan, ended last month, but the Office of Personnel Management will continue to reimburse agencies through the end of fiscal 2022.
October 25, 2021 -
New study, published this month in the journal Health Sciences Research, projected worse health outcomes for DoD beneficiaries even if as few as 10% of them were shifted to private-sector care.
October 25, 2021 -
When it comes to the smartest investors in the nation, which group of people or professions would you pick?
October 20, 2021 -
The Office of Personnel Management will propose expanding coverage under the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) to include federal employees on temporary, seasonal and intermittent schedules.
October 18, 2021 -
A cost of living adjustment this size carries a double message. First, that inflation is back, and second, that not everybody will get the full increase. Some will even get nothing, meaning even more belt-tightening!
October 14, 2021 -
Millions of retirees on Social Security will get a 5.9% boost in benefits for 2022
October 13, 2021 -
Rising inflation is expected to lead to a sizeable increase in Social Security’s annual cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for the year 2022
October 12, 2021 -
Come Jan. 1, health insurance plans must treat emergency services performed out-of-network as if they were done in-network. The new rules apply to almost all major public and private health insurance plans, including the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
October 11, 2021