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FEHB, OPM, GAO costs, Stethoscope and money on wooden table representing health care, FEHB plans.

There’s a catch in USPS insurance program for Medicare-eligible retirees

USPS annuitants who opt out of Medicare Part D will lose underlying prescription drug coverage, according to OPM’s regulations.

Open Season

Graphic By: Derace Lauderdale

How election talk is moving to what might be in store for the federal workforce

Workforce

WEP & GPO repeal, Schedule F among issues facing Congress

Congress

(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Another attempt to determine if federal employees are underpaid

Pay

Congress again ponders updating Social Security policy for non-eligible federal retirees

Retirement

Repeal or reform? House lawmakers weigh responses to WEP, GPO

Congress

(AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

FILE - This Feb. 2, 2015, file photo, depicts a part of a U.S. $100 bill. A new government report estimates that government will be paying nearly half the nation’s health care tab within 10 years. That’s even without “Medicare-for-all,” the government-run plan for all Americans that some Democratic presidential contenders are calling for. Driving the increase is traditional Medicare, experiencing a surge in enrollment as aging baby boomers shift out of private coverage. The report comes from nonpartisan experts with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Are federal employees headed for another big raise next year?

Pay

As agencies face budget uncertainty, Democrats propose a 7.4% pay raise for feds

Pay

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Heading into 2024, OPM ‘fundamentally rethinking’ federal hiring

Hiring/Retention

Telework changes, hiring reforms of 2023 charting a course into the new year

Workforce

The Social Security evil twins WEP and GPO get a fresh look from Capitol Hill

Pay & Benefits

After years of delays, the TSP’s I fund will track a new index starting in 2024

After several years of delays and controversy, the TSP’s I fund will transition to tracking a new, broadened benchmark index, but will exclude investments…

TSP

A ‘diet COLA’ for FERS retirees has compounding effects on retirement savings

A reduced cost-of-living adjustment, or “diet COLA,” for FERS retirees can create a much larger difference in retirement savings over time.

Federal Report

The government could still close, but your health insurance will march on

Open Season

Both open and closed seasons are coming up. November 17 will mark the end of the continuing resolution, so the government could close when the money runs out. Just a few days earlier, open season arrives. That is when federal employees choose a health insurance carrier for 2024. For the rundown on all of this, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with John Hatton, of the National Active and Retired Federal Employee Association (NARFE).