open season
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Federal benefits specialist Ann Vanderslice has some quick tips in the last-minute days before the Open Season deadline.
December 09, 2011 -
Federal employees have until Dec. 12 to decide on a health plan during this year's Open Season. Benefits expert Walt Francis has advice for feds.
December 07, 2011 -
Ed Zurndorfer, a registered employees benefits consultant, recommends that feds consider possible tax deductions when choosing a health insurance plan. But hurry, open season ends Dec. 12.
December 02, 2011 -
Walton Francis is the editor of the Checkbook Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees.
November 30, 2011 -
If you focus only on premiums next year, you could be making a $14,000 error when picking your 2012 health plan, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
November 29, 2011 -
Be careful. Be very careful. The PMS season for government workers is about to spike, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. And you know what that means.
November 28, 2011 -
Over the next few days you should stuff yourself with good food and knowledge. You\'ve got the eating part right and we can help with good ideas, especially while you are shopping for your 2012 health plan, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
November 23, 2011 -
Most federal workers and retirees aren\'t going to spend a lot of time this week worrying about their 2012 health plan. But next week, after the guilt of Thankgiving, you should get serious about what could be the most important financial decision you will make this year, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
November 21, 2011 -
Federal News Radio Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, Colleen Murphy, executive for PlanSmartChoice, and Walton Francis, editor of the Checkbook Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees discuss the 2011 Open Season.
November 18, 2011 -
If you are a long time federal or postal worker you may have noticed this is the dullest health insurance open season in decades. But Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says that\'s a good thing...
November 18, 2011 -
Today, according to some folks, is Dump Day. It\'s the deadline for either calling it quits with your spouse, partner, betrothed or significant other or sticking with them at least until next year. Fortunately for feds, the D-day decision for your health plan is not until mid-December.
November 17, 2011 -
Host Mike Causey is joined by Walton Francis, author of \"The Checkbook Guide to Health Plans,\" to talk about what\'s the best health plan for you and your family. November 16, 2011
November 16, 2011 -
Shirley Patterson, the assistant director of federal employee insurance options at OPM, told the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris the agency turned to a new channel of communication to get the word out this year: webcasts.
November 14, 2011 -
Host Mike Causey will talk about the big issues facing federal employees with NARFE\'s David Snell and Federal Times staff writer Stephen Losey. November 9, 2011
November 09, 2011 -
Benefits expert Tammy Flanagan joined In Depth with Francis Rose.
November 04, 2011