open season
When it comes to health insurance hunters, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says there are two kinds: cougars and couch potatoes. So, which one are you?
December 02, 2015Federal benefits expert Walton Francis, author of the Checkbook Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees, joins host Mike Causey to answer your questions and emails about FEHBP open season. December 2, 2015
December 01, 2015-
People afraid to make mistakes often avoid choices, but if you are a federal worker or retiree, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says doing nothing can cost you big time.
December 01, 2015 -
Open Season closes in two weeks. Here are a few reminders and handy links to help you navigate the next 14 days.
November 30, 2015 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asks, how would you like to work for a place where management offered you a wide variety of health plans, paid for a majority of your premium and let you shop at home or on company time?
November 30, 2015 -
For a lot of feds this is Day Two of a 4-day Thanksgiving break. A good time to make pre-New Year’s resolutions, resolve to get back on that diet and exercise regime, and to pick your 2016 health plan.
November 27, 2015 -
Thanks to the immense interest in the new self-plus-one option under the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, the Office of Personnel Management is processing twice as many transactions than average.
November 25, 2015 -
If you are a retired federal, worker there's a good chance you are in the wrong health plan. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey tells you how to get out.
November 25, 2015 David Snell, director of retirement benefits at NARFE, joins host Mike Causey to go through the pros and cons of different health plans are available for both retirees and working feds. November 24, 2015
November 24, 2015-
Do your Thanksgiving plans include tossing $2,000 out the window? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey gives you this recipe for saving that money.
November 24, 2015 -
OPM recently posted a video reminding federal employees that now is the time to make any changes to their health, vision and dental benefits plans.
November 23, 2015 -
A potential health and retirement roadblock is fast approaching that Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says will test the road warrior skills of government workers and retirees.
November 23, 2015 -
The end of Open Season is just around the corner and Federal News Radio has got your back. Send us your Open Season questions and we'll do our best to answer them before the Dec. 14 Open Season deadline.
November 19, 2015 -
How would you like to have your health plan pay you next year? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it can happen if you know how.
November 18, 2015 Federal benefits expert Walton Francis, author of the Checkbook Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees, joins host Mike Causey to answer your questions about health savings accounts and health plan options available to federal and postal workers. November 18, 2015
November 17, 2015