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FEHBP Premiums: Feds Bite Dog Story!

It's the American way to believe that all men and women are created equal, and that may well be true except when it comes to your health insurance premiums. Those depend on which agency you work for. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey tells the tale of the tape.

Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey , premiums

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Pay, Pensions, Premiums Under the Knife

Friday is supposed to be a slow news day so we'll limit it to this: a 3 year pay freeze, 10 percent job cut, higher FEHBP premiums for retirees, lower benefits for future retirees and some other stuff. Interested? Check out Senior Correspondent Mike Causey's federal report.

Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey , pay freeze , hiring freeze , RIF , COLA , pay cut , FERS , CSRS , National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and R

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Dodging a $20,000 Health Tab

If you got a $20,000 medical bill next year could you handle it? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says there's an easy way to insure yourself from a catastrophic illness or accident.

Tags: Mike Causey , catastrophic health care

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Federal health care database raises privacy concerns

The Office of Personnel Management's plan to build a data system with millions of American's health care claims is raising concerns about privacy.

Tags: OPM , OPM Berry , >Health Claims Data Warehouse , health care , Center for Democracy and Technology , security , technology , Jolie Lee

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Elections 2010: Focus on federal workers

A partial shift in power on the Hill means committee chairmanships will change in the House but not in the Senate. A variety of issues from the federal budget to telework, and federal pay and regulatory policies will be re-examined.

Tags: pay and benefits , Congress , Mike Causey , Dan Adcock , Leslie Phillips , Steny Hoyer , Darrell Issa , Jason Chaffetz , Bob Cusack , Suzanne Kubota , Jerry Bodlander , Susan Crabtree , federal pay raise , pay raise , 2011 budget , furloughs , Bill Bransford , hiring freeze , workforce reductions , health care , Social Security , $250 payment , Jolie Lee , Julia Ziegler , 1.4 percent raise , federal employees , Election 2010

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Pets-Over-Partners Policy Muzzled

Pets over people. Discrimination in the federal health insurance program. Sounds outrageous but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it's all a mistake.

Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey , pet coverage , DOMA

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Your money, your health

Health premiums go up an average of 7.2 percent for feds in 2011. What do you need to know about changes in your benefits, deductibles, and copayments? David Snell, insurance expert for National Active and Retired Federal Employees, is Mike's guest this week on Your Turn.
October 6, 2010

Tags: David Snell , NARFE , health benefits , pay and benefits , Your Turn , Mike Causey

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Waiting For The Next FEHBP Surprise

Now that we know the FEHBP's 2011 premiums, feds are waiting for the next shoe to drop: what is going to happen to your deductibles, copayments and prescription drug schedules? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says that's even more important than premiums themselves.

Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey , Open Season

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FEHBP Premiums: Burying The Skunk

When you've got bad news that must be released from Washington the rule of thumb is to make it public late Friday afternoon. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey calls it burying the skunk and this one belongs to you.

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Health care reform reforms FEHBP

OPM is getting the word out about who and what is, and isn't, covered under the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program now that President Obama has signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Tags: pay and benefits , Pay & Benefits , adult children , ACA

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