Open Season
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Military spouses with new jobs or patients who want a second opinion may have a tough time getting different care once they pick a heathcare plan.
November 07, 2018 -
Joan Melanson and Paul Forte of Long Term Care Partners will talk about the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program and other federal benefits available during this open season, including dental and vision insurance.
November 07, 2018 -
Crippling medical bills are the number one cause of bankruptcy in this country, but federal workers can avoid financial ruin — if they pay attention to open season.
November 07, 2018 -
TRICARE beneficiaries will be able to choose from two different plans.
November 05, 2018 -
Do you wish you could switch retirement plans with some of the younger or older people in your office. If so don’t worry about it. It’s probably safe to say that many if not most feds under the old Civil Service Retirement System envy their colleagues who are in the Federal Employees Retirement System.
October 19, 2018 -
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?
October 18, 2018 -
After several years of premium rate increases that reached as high 6.4 percent, participants in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program will see more modest increases in 2019.
September 26, 2018 -
The federal health insurance hunting season ends today, meaning you still have time to save as much as $2,000 next year in premiums and out-of-pocket costs.
December 08, 2017 -
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.
December 08, 2017 -
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
December 05, 2017 -
Do you get emotional when comparing fee-for-service health plans with an HMO? Do you know the difference? Does it really matter?
December 04, 2017 -
Between making open season decisions and worrying about a possible government shutdown, many feds' heads are spinning.
December 01, 2017 -
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.
November 29, 2017 -
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
November 28, 2017 -
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.
November 22, 2017