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Before Open Season comes to a close, what do FEHB participants need to know?

Open Season will come to a close on Dec. 12, but typically a very small number of FEHB enrollees make changes to their health enrollments. Federal health policy analysts shared why it’s still worth taking a look.

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UPDATED: Long term care insurance: Pray your premiums are 'wasted'

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Sleepwalking through open season — again

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Top 5 reasons to shop for health insurance

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

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FEHB's 5-year rule

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Overpaying for health insurance? Check the checklist

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)

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

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)

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

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

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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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Medicare Part B and your health plan: Good idea?

In this Oct. 18, 2017 photo, the Healthcare.gov website is seen on a computer screen in Washington. Consumers are getting the word that taxpayer-subsidized health plans are widely available for next year for no monthly premium, and marketing companies say they’re starting to see an impact on sign-ups. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Sleepwalking through open season

FILE - This Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018 file photo shows a page from the 2019 U.S. Medicare Handbook in Washington. Medicare Advantage enrollees get a new, second chance to find the right health coverage for 2019. The government added another enrollment window that started Jan. 1 and lasts until March 31. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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How to beat higher 2020 health premiums

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Back from vacation: Here’s a quick catchup

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2013 file photo, freshly cut stacks of $100 bills make their way down the line at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas. For years, cash languished at the bottom of the investment rankings, weighed down by nearly non-existent interest rates. But with the Federal Reserve raising short-term rates four times last year, money-market funds and online savings accounts began paying interest that came close to approaching inflation. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

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Brace for your peanut-sized, post-shutdown paycheck

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Your health plan: Good & bad news

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Shutdown, pay raise on hold: What now?

FILE - In this file photo taken Nov. 22, 2014, Blue Bridge Benefits LLC agent Patricia Sarabia, right, and Adolfo Briceno, left, with Spanish Speaking LLC, help a potential customer with Blue Cross Blue Shield at a kiosk promoting Obama Care at Compare Foods in Winston-Salem, N.C. A new poll finds that more than half of Hispanic adults have encountered a communication barrier in the health care system. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, file)

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Treading water: Feds need pay raise to pay 2019 health premiums

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Bracing for a 50 percent health premium hike

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Health plans: Pain in butt or pain in wallet? Your call!

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Pay, pensions, premiums. Going up!

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Health premium surprise