Federal Employee Health Benefits
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Federal workers, and especially federal retirees, may find a much bigger bite coming out of their pay and retirement benefits next year, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says they can avoid the hit if they shop carefully this fall.
July 30, 2010 -
Coming to a health plan near you: an excise tax on those so-called Cadillac high-premium, high benefit plans which some federal workers and retirees love. But before you panic, check out Senior Correspondent Mike Causey\'s Federal Report. It may be just what the doctor ordered.
July 29, 2010 -
Do you have a dependent child in his or her mid-20s? If so, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says things are not looking good to extend coverage this year to those who hit their 26th birthday.
June 15, 2010 -
The way you feel about teleworking or raising the age for dependent health care coverage may depend on whether your favorite ice cream flavor is Vanilla or Rocky Road. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains the different-strokes rule.
May 14, 2010 -
Feds with older dependent children would love to cover them under their health plan. And there\'s a bill that would raise the age from 22 to 26. But Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it\'s a real long shot because of everything from the congressional vacation schedule to the Gulf oil disaster.
May 10, 2010 -
A bill has been introduced that would let the Office of Personnel Management extend health insurance to adult children of federal employees this year, instead of having them wait for the Affordable Health Care Act that was signed by President Obama in March.
May 04, 2010 -
The Office of Personnel Management is working with Congress to implement the health reform law early by allowing health insurance coverage of employees\' adult dependent children up to age 26. Registered Employee Benefit Consultant Ed Zurndorfer gives us an update.
April 30, 2010 -
A growing number of adult children are returning home, assuming dependent status and needing health insurance. So how\'s the federal health insurance program handling this? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains.
April 15, 2010 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey\'s column today, about the FEHBP, is must reading unless you are planning to end it all on your 50th birthday or you\'re holding a mega-million dollar lottery ticket.
April 13, 2010 -
It appears that your federal health plan just dodged a major bullet. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it could have boosted premiums big-time for older, less healthy feds.
April 12, 2010 -
Could you afford to pay out as much as $27,000 in premiums and medical costs next year? If you don\'t want to you don\'t have to, provided you read Senior Correspondent Mike Causey\'s column today and follow through.
December 01, 2009 -
Did you hear the one about the porn-obsessed executive who, when caught, said he was doing it for the good of poor, oppressed people in third world countries? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wants to know if you can handle the truth about what, sometimes, goes on in your office.
October 05, 2009 -
Politicians from beyond the beltway rarely pay much attention to voters who are federal workers, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says, in the case of the health care reform debate, one good look at the numbers could change all that.
September 30, 2009 -
Those in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program are going to spend more on health care in 2010. On average, costs are going up almost 9 percent. Federal News Radio’s Max Cacas has the full…
September 29, 2009 -
A key member of Congress has proposed moving members of the House and Senate out of the federal employee health benefits program and taking you with him. Although it is a scary thought, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it\'s a little to early to panic.
September 25, 2009