FEDVIP

COVID-19 put the focus on health, but don’t ignore dental this Open Season

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dominion National reduced the minimum requirement for reimbursement to a single cleaning in 2020.

Federal Insights

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OPM adds new dental and vision options for 2021

Benefits

Lawmakers introduce protections for federal employee health benefits ahead of future shutdowns

Government Shutdown

Shutdown has cost small businesses $2.3 billion

Federal Newscast

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TRICARE extends open season deadline, Army increases time soldiers can spend in service

Reporter's Notebook

FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2014, file photo, a pedestrian walks by a sign at Aetna headquarters in Hartford, Conn. CVS Health, the second-largest U.S. drugstore chain, is buying Aetna, the third-largest health insurer. The evolution won't happen overnight, but in time, shoppers may find more clinics in CVS stores and more services they can receive through the network of nearly 10,000 locations that the company has built. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

When health premiums and your budget collide

Federal Report

DoD imposes financial sanctions on TRICARE contractor amid ongoing transition problems

Defense News

Open season: Is it time to switch health care plans?

Your Turn

Open season: How to pick the best health plan for you

Your Turn

Tammy Flanagan: ‘Your plan might be changing’

Open Season

OPM renews contract for administration of benefits

Benefits

Wading through the federal benefits program

Tammy Flanagan with the National Institute of Transition Planning joins host Mike Causey on this week’s Your Turn to discuss Uncle Sam’s alphabet-soup…

Your Turn

Leaving office during the transition? Your pay and benefits questions answered

About 4,000 political appointees will leave the Obama administration in the next nine weeks. While conversations over policy, budget and organizational…

Pay & Benefits

Money and stethoscope to illustrate the cost of health care

Federal life insurance Open Season signals time to reevaluate health benefits

Benefits

Open Season for the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program is fast approaching, but starting Sept. 1, for the first time in 10 years federal employees can enroll or increase their life insurance without a health exam, through the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Program.