Federal Employees Health Benefits Program

Does OPM know that spouse on your federal health insurance plan is really your dog?

The Federal Employees Health Benefits Program has a problem. Its overseer, the Office of Personnel Management, doesn’t have a reliable way of know whether…

Agency Oversight

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Ineligible members in FEHB program may cost OPM nearly $1B annually, GAO says

Pay & Benefits

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FILE - This April 22, 2014, file photo shows an employment application form on a table at a job fair in Hudson, N.Y. Middle-age white Americans with limited education are increasingly dying younger, on average, than other middle-age U.S. adults, a trend driven by their dwindling economic opportunities, research by two Princeton University economists has found. The economists, Anne Case and Angus Deaton, argue in a paper released Thursday, March 23, 2017, that the loss of steady middle-income jobs for those with high school degrees or less has triggered broad problems for this group. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Congress sets a deadline for federal hiring reform in omnibus spending bill

Congress

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen past the base of the Washington Monument just before sunrise in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers faced a partial government shutdown early Saturday after Democrats refused to meet President Donald Trump's demands for $5 billion to start erecting a border wall with Mexico. Overall, more than 800,000 federal employees would see their jobs disrupted, including more than half who would be forced to continue working without pay. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Status update: Your future health premiums, Social Security’s ‘evil twins’

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Surprise: You owe Uncle Sam another 5 years!

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Temporary, seasonal employees would become eligible for FEDVIP under new OPM policy

Benefits

Say goodbye to those surprise medical bills, really?!

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For federal employee health insurance, it’s never if, but how much?

Next year’s premium rate increases under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) are on the modest side, at least compared to recent years….

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Minimal COVID impact on many federal health premiums

When the COVID pandemic hit, many predicted that premiums in the giant federal employee health benefits program would skyrocket.

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Federal employees will pay nearly 4% more toward health premiums in 2022

Benefits

Employees and retirees enrolled in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) will pay, on average, 3.8% more toward their premiums in 2022. The Office of Personnel Management announced FEHBP premium rates ahead of the upcoming open season, which runs Nov. 8 through Dec. 13.

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program

Does OPM know that spouse on your federal health insurance plan is really your dog?

Ineligible members in FEHB program may cost OPM nearly $1B annually, GAO says

Congress sets a deadline for federal hiring reform in omnibus spending bill

Status update: Your future health premiums, Social Security’s ‘evil twins’

Surprise: You owe Uncle Sam another 5 years!

Hidden gems (and time bombs) in your health plan

Say goodbye to those surprise medical bills, really?!

Coordinating your health plan with Medicare: Does it work for you?

For federal employee health insurance, it’s never if, but how much?

Temporary, seasonal employees would become eligible for FEDVIP under new OPM policy

Say goodbye to those surprise medical bills, really?!

For federal employee health insurance, it’s never if, but how much?

Minimal COVID impact on many federal health premiums

Federal employees will pay nearly 4% more toward health premiums in 2022