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Analysis: More to choosing a federal health plan than premiums
Ed Zurndorfer, a registered employee benefits consultant, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris for his perspective on what the changes mean for feds and what they should keep in mind when planning their finances for the coming year.
Tags: Federal Drive , pay and benefits , FEHBP , healthcare , Ed Zurndorfer ,
Your new BFF, gym buddy and diet coach!
Is your health plan about to become your new Best Friend Forever? Your exercise enabler, your gym partner? It could all happen in January thanks to new affinity partnership programs that will be launched by a federal health plan near you, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
Tags: Mike Causey , FEHBP , Federal Report , pay and benefits , health plans
OPM commits to stopping payments to dead people
The Office of Personnel Management has created a task force to lead efforts to stop payments to retirees who have died. An inspector general report released Thursday revealed that OPM had paid $601 million in benefits to dead people since 2006.
Tags: John Berry , pay and benefits , OPM , retirement , wasteful spending , OMB , IG , Emily Kopp , pay , Patrick McFarland
OPM paying $600 million to dead people
The Office of Personnel Management has paid more than $600 million to deceased annuitants in the last five years.
Tags: OPM , management , oversight , pay and benefits , retirement , Ruben Gomez
Less Painful Pain Pills
Why is it that when many federal workers and retirees take a pill for a headache, sinus or their blood pressure they also feel a pain in the butt? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says its all about the high price of prescription drugs.
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , pay and benefits , health care , OPM , supercommittee , FEHBP
Feds facing diet paycheck
The plan to require feds to pay more for their pensions is a blow to your take-home pay, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says, but it could have been — and may yet be — a lot worse.
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , pay and benefits , retirement , FERS
Feds' $60B sacrifice might not be enough
Jessica Klement, chief lobbyist for the Federal Managers Association and Federal Times senior writer Steve Losey join host Mike Causey on today's program.
September 14, 2011
Tags: Jessica Klement , pay and benefits , pay freeze , FMA , pay , COLA
Retirement tips for feds: Take control
Ed Zurndorfer, a registered employee-benefit consultant, joined the Federal Drive with tips for how federal employees can take control of their retirement.
Tags: Ed Zurndorfer , FERS ,
Analysis: FEHB changes coming to your wallet
Changes to the computation of group rates in the FEHBP are coming. We talk with Checkbook's Walton Francis about what that may mean for you.
Tags: Federal Drive , FEHBP , OPM , Walton Francis , health care , Suzanne Kubota
Could pay and benefits cuts be good?
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , pay and benefits , pay , retirement , In Depth
