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If you are a long time federal or postal worker you may have noticed this is the dullest health insurance open season in decades. But Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says that\'s a good thing...
November 18, 2011 -
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So how long could you hold your breath underwater? If your income was cut 40 to 50 percent what would that do to your standard of living, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wonders.
November 08, 2011 -
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The Office of Personnel Management debuts a series of webcasts to educate federal employees about the Open Season process.
November 02, 2011 -
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After years of being asleep at the health-insurance switch, it appears that many federal workers and retirees are actually doing more than complaining about higher premiums, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
November 02, 2011 -
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Is it more important to provide insurance for your family after you\'ve gone, or while you are still around but pretty much helpless? It\'s a dollars-and-sense option people should check out, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
October 31, 2011 -
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Are you better off financially slogging it to work or sleeping in five days a week. Some people say that all things considered they would be better off as a retiree than as an office serf. So do the math, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
October 28, 2011 -
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A picture is starting to form about what federal and postal workers can expect from Congressional budget-cutters. And as you probably suspected, it isn\'t pretty, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
October 27, 2011 -
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Amid calls for military retirement reform, Pentagon officials say the system that\'s in place right now is not the main driver of the department\'s escalating personnel costs and is affordable . Their remarks Tuesday before a Congressional subcommittee run counter to a Defense Business Board report that suggested retirement costs may eventually crowd out warfighting capability.
October 26, 2011 -
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Making the decision to accept buyout money can change your life for good or bad. Financial and career experts told Federal News Radio the right answer depends on who you are and what you expect and need in life.
October 24, 2011 -
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A new Center for Strategic and Budgetary Analysis report says the Defense Department should look at improving value in military pay and benefits, not simply cutting. The report also calls for a BRAC-like commission to study service members\' benefits.
October 20, 2011 -
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What do current federal workers and turkeys have in common with royal prisoners held after the French revolution. Key phrase: Impending cuts, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
October 18, 2011 -
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Ed Zurndorfer, a registered employee benefits consultant, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss OPM\'s plan to allow domestic partners of federal employees to be added to federal health plans.
October 17, 2011 -
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For many federal workers there is one place you don\'t go, don\'t touch. It\'s their G-spot which, in this case, refers to the giant Group Plan, the FEHBP, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. So does the G-spot bring you pleasure or pain?
October 17, 2011 -
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Is it fair that a healthy young couple must pay the same health premiums as an older family with lots of kids and major medical issues, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wonders. For that matter, should a healthy elderly couple have to subsidize two sex-crazed younger workers?
October 14, 2011
