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Open Season: What Plan Will You Choose?
Walt Francis, editor of Checkbook's Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees, joins FEDtalk to discuss the major changes for federal employees to their FEHBP health, vision and dental plans.
December 3, 2010
Tags: Walt Francis , pay and benefits , FEHBP , Debra Roth , health care , Fed Talk
Taxes, benefits, longterm care, and annuity checks
If you're a federal employee with questions about taxes or benefits, you'll want to listen to this show.
February 7, 2011
Tags: taxes , pay and benefits , longterm care , Bob Leins , John Elliott , For Your Benefit , NITP
Health Premiums: When Expensive is Still Cheap
Buying a health plan simply because it has low premiums can be a big mistake unless: you have been dropped from your parents federal health plan; you are the ex-spouse of a federal worker or retiree or you are currently piggybacking on your nonfederal spouses health insurance. In that case, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, expensive can still be cheap.
Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey , FEHBP
Last-minute open season tips
Federal health benefits expert Walton Francis explains what feds need to do in the last week leading up to the open season deadline.
Tags: Walton Francis , Mike Causey , pay and benefits , pay freeze , FEHBP , Dorobek Insider
Best buys for retirees in Open Season
Picking the right health plan next year is important if you are 30 and healthy. But if you are over 55 or retired it could be a matter of financial life-or-death. And your health insurance hunting season ends next Monday. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey lists the best buys for retirees.
Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey , FEHBP , Honor Flight
Crazy About Your Doctor? Shop or Drop
With one week left to shop for health insurance you still have time to save yourself a lot of money next year or do nothing and maybe live to regret it. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey's got some tips on getting the best deal.
Tags: pay and benefits , FEHBP , Walton Francis , Checkbook's Guide to Health Plans for Federal Empl , Mike Causey
Pay Freeze vs. Higher FEHBP Premiums
Next year you'll be asked to pay 2011 health premiums using your frozen 2010 pay check. That will mean an actual drop in income unless, as Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says, you pick up a bargain health plan between now and December 13.
Tags: pay and benefits , pay freeze , pay debate , FEHBP , Walton Francis , Mike Causey
Downsizing Your Health Care Tab
There are lots of ways you can reduce your medical tab next year, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, including checking out some FEHBP plans you may never have heard of.
Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey , FEHBP , CD HD ,
Single Family FEHBP Best Buys
If you are looking only at premiums during the current health insurance hunting season you are missing a big part of the story, according to Senior Correspondent Mike Causey. Today we look at overall best buys for federal workers and retirees.
Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey , FEHBP , premiums
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 , FEHBP ,
