Open Season Resource Center

Open Season

• CSRS or FERS: Would you switch?

  If Uncle Sam had a special open season when you could change retirement plans, would you pick the old Civil Service Retirement System program or the Federal Employees Retirement System that replaced it in the 1980s?

  Mike Causey Federal Report
  13 hours ago
• Open season ends today: Here’s what you need to know

  If you’re a federal or postal worker, or a retiree who’s been shopping around for a new health care plan, then the clock is ticking.

  Open Season
  December 08, 2017
• Medicare Part B: Do you need it?

  Do you need Medicare Part B? Can you afford it? Are there any alternatives? Walton Francis, editor of Consumers’ Checkbook Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees, will answer those questions when he joins host Mike Causey on this week’s Your Turn. December 6, 2017

  Your Turn
  December 05, 2017
• Is there an HMO in your future?

  Do you get emotional when comparing fee-for-service health plans with an HMO? Do you know the difference? Does it really matter?

  Mike Causey Federal Report
  December 04, 2017
• December daze: Are you suffering deer-in-headlights anxiety?

  Between making open season decisions and worrying about a possible government shutdown, many feds’ heads are spinning.

  Mike Causey Federal Report
  December 01, 2017
• Open Season with Kaiser Permanente

  Host Bob Leins and co-host Tammy Flanagan, Senior Benefits Director at NITP, welcome Gavin Toner, manager of Mid-Atlantic Federal Health Plans for Kaiser Permanente and Dr. Bruce Wollman, Associate Medical Director of Government Affairs for the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group.

  For Your Benefit
  November 29, 2017
• Your health plan in jeopardy

  OK, so you are a finalist on TV’s “Jeopardy!” quiz show, but to win a million dollars, you must bet everything you’ve already won. It’s all or nothing.

  Mike Causey Federal Report
  November 29, 2017
• Is it time to change your health plan?

  Most federal workers rarely change their health plans. Is that a mistake? Find out when Walton Francis, author of the Checkbook Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees joins host Mike Causey on this week’s Your Turn. November 29, 2017

  Your Turn
  November 28, 2017
• Your partner or your health plan?

  Every year, Uncle Sam holds an extensive and expensive open season when federal workers, retirees and their survivors can update, enroll in or change their benefits package.

  Mike Causey Federal Report
  November 22, 2017
• Is it time to update your health care plan?

  It’s open season which means federal workers, retirees and their survivors are updating, enrolling in or changing their benefits package. How can you get the best coverage at the lowest premium? Find out when Walton Francis, author of the Consumer’s Checkbook Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees. joins host Mike Causey on this week’s Your Turn. November 22, 2017

  Off the Shelf
  November 21, 2017
• The Consumer Checkbook’s Guide and FEHBP Open Season with Walton Francis

  November 27, 2017 – Hosts Bob Leins and Tammy Flanagan, Senior Benefits Director at NITP, welcome insurance expert and author Walton Francis to the studio to talk about FEHBP open season. The CHECKBOOK’s Guide shows that most families can save $2,000 or more by selecting better plan choices.

  For Your Benefit
  November 21, 2017
• Free 2018 health insurance?

  If you work for Uncle Sam and are reasonably healthy, there’s a good chance you can get free health insurance next year.

  Mike Causey Federal Report
  November 21, 2017
• Tammy Flanagan: Now’s the time to pick your federal health plan

  You’ve got more choices than most people know what to do with. Open season is underway, so you’ve got to pick something between now and Dec. 11.

  Federal Drive
  November 17, 2017