Checkbook Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees

Open Season: Shop online and on company time for your health plan

What if you worked for an outfit that paid most of the premium for dozens of health plan options available to you, and allowed you to shop on the clock?…

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Shereyah Barbera, Annice Sterling, and Magdelena Litwinczuk, ICU nurses from Northwell Health, a New York hospital chain, who will support ICU teams at Intermountain Healthcare in Utah, link arms at a news conference in Murray, Utah on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

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Health premiums: Don’t make the $17,000 mistake

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Overpaying for health insurance? Check the checklist

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FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2018, file photo, the U.S. Medicare Handbook is photographed, in Washington. A new study finds that more than half of seriously ill Medicare enrollees _ 53% _ struggle to pay their medical bills. Prescription drugs are the leading problem. The researchers who wrote Monday’s report in the journal Health Affairs were surprised by their findings, since Medicare is considered relatively good coverage. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Does your health plan have an IRA-on-steroids option?

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FILE - In this June 1, 2017, file photo, a sign stands on the campus of the Aetna headquarters, in Hartford, Conn. Insurers are dropping billions of dollars on acquisitions and expansions as they get more involved in their customers’ health. Late last year, CVS Health announced a roughly $69 billion deal to buy another insurer, Aetna. Those companies plan to convert drugstores into health care hotspots that people can turn to for a variety of needs in between doctor visits. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes, File)

60% of feds in wrong health plan — does that include you?

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Funny piggybank standing on clipboard with document, bunch of hundred dollar banknotes and stethoscope closeup. Medical service economy, health care savings and insurance concept. Focus on piggy bank

Let your health plan fund an IRA, pay your premiums

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Health plan choices driving you nuts? Shop at the office

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A sign by a nearby road intersection advertises a First Choice Emergency Room, rear, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, in Richardson, Texas. Freestanding emergency centers have sprouted in recent years across the suburban landscape, taking root in affluent neighborhoods and directly challenging nearby medical clinics and hospitals. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Health plan: How to avoid bankruptcy in 2020

Unexpected things happen, and if that means a major medical emergency and you don’t have the right FEHB plan, you could be in big-time trouble.

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Are you overpaying for health insurance? Probably

If wasting a couple-thousand dollars next year is no big deal to you, you can skip this.

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Sleepwalking through open season

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Uncle Sam will spend a small fortune over the next couple of months making it easier for 2.8 million government workers to get the best health plan next year for the fewest amount of premium dollars.

Checkbook Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees

Open Season: Shop online and on company time for your health plan

Health plan perk: No taxes, ever — a Roth IRA on steroids!

Does your health plan pass the BS test?

Sleepwalking through open season — again

Top 5 reasons to shop for health insurance

Health premiums: Don’t make the $17,000 mistake

Overpaying for health insurance? Check the checklist

Does your health plan have an IRA-on-steroids option?

60% of feds in wrong health plan — does that include you?

Let your health plan fund an IRA, pay your premiums

Health plan choices driving you nuts? Shop at the office

Health plan: How to avoid bankruptcy in 2020

Are you overpaying for health insurance? Probably

Sleepwalking through open season