Pay & Benefits
Whether you are a 28-year-old triathlete or an 80-year-old retiree, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says you both need to get moving — and fast.
December 08, 2015Tune in this week for Open Season tips from Walton Francis, insurance expert and author of the Consumers’ CHECKBOOK Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees.
December 04, 2015-
Would you like your health plan to pay your premiums? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey said there is a way, provided you do it before the end of Open Season on Dec. 14.
December 04, 2015 -
Benefits experts at the Office of Personnel Management fielded questions from federal employees and annuitants during a Twitter chat. Self-plus-one was one of the questions feds were most interested in finding out more about.
December 03, 2015 -
Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) on Dec. 1 introduced a bill that would give federal retirees and Americans receiving Social Security benefits a one-time cost-of-living adjustment in 2016 equal to a 3.9 percent increase for most recipients.
December 03, 2015 When it comes to health insurance hunters, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says there are two kinds: cougars and couch potatoes. So, which one are you?
December 02, 2015Federal benefits expert Walton Francis, author of the Checkbook Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees, joins host Mike Causey to answer your questions and emails about FEHBP open season. December 2, 2015
December 01, 2015-
The Office of Personnel Management is set to begin its latest Federal Employee Benefits Survey.
December 01, 2015 -
People afraid to make mistakes often avoid choices, but if you are a federal worker or retiree, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says doing nothing can cost you big time.
December 01, 2015 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asks, how would you like to work for a place where management offered you a wide variety of health plans, paid for a majority of your premium and let you shop at home or on company time?
November 30, 2015 -
For a lot of feds this is Day Two of a 4-day Thanksgiving break. A good time to make pre-New Year’s resolutions, resolve to get back on that diet and exercise regime, and to pick your 2016 health plan.
November 27, 2015 -
If you are a retired federal, worker there's a good chance you are in the wrong health plan. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey tells you how to get out.
November 25, 2015 David Snell, director of retirement benefits at NARFE, joins host Mike Causey to go through the pros and cons of different health plans are available for both retirees and working feds. November 24, 2015
November 24, 2015-
Do your Thanksgiving plans include tossing $2,000 out the window? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey gives you this recipe for saving that money.
November 24, 2015 -
OPM recently posted a video reminding federal employees that now is the time to make any changes to their health, vision and dental benefits plans.
November 23, 2015