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Against statistics and advice, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says only about 6 percent of health policyholders change plans.
Every year, Uncle Sam holds an extensive and expensive open season when federal workers, retirees and their survivors can update, enroll in or change their benefits package.
You've got more choices than most people know what to do with. Open season is underway, so you've got to pick something between now and Dec. 11.
Whatever advantages the non-fed health plan has while you are both working will likely disappear when your spouse retires.
If you were in a car crash and got hit with a $19,000 medical bill, could you pay for it out-of-pocket, or would your health insurance cover it?
Do you need to get Medicare Part B? What are the advantages of an HMO? What’s the difference between a self only plan, a self-plus-one plan and a family plan? Walton Francis, author of the Checkbook Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees, will answer those questions and more when he joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn.
If somebody offered you $2,000 for two hours of work and it's not illegal, immoral or fattening, would you take it?
If customer service is the most important factor when it comes to picking a federal health plan, how can you judge it unless you try it?
A few thousand Washington-area federal workers could be in for a surprise $100-a-week pay raise, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
Federal benefits expert Walton Francis and NARFE legislative director Jessica Klement join host Mike Causey to discuss the new self plus one health care option and what Congress has in store for feds and retirees this year. February 23, 2016
Picking the right health plan could save some federal workers $5,000 in premiums, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says lots of people are not dancing in the streets.
Maybe two can’t live as cheaply as one, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the twosome can engineer an immediate $5,000 raise.
Walton Francis, editor of the Consumers' Checkbook Guide to Federal Health Plans, will answer your questions about the news self-plus-one health care option. February 10, 2016
Could you use $100 a week raise? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says if you're a family of two it's a matter of changing health plans.