Pay & Benefits
Last-minute Open Season advice
Tips and tools to help you with decision-making before the window closes for the year.
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Open Season: Medicare Advantage or Disadvantage?
Medicare Advantage options have only been offered through Federal Employees Health Benefits Program carriers since 2021 and may provide benefits that are not covered under traditional Medicare.
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Open Season: You really ought to review your new benefit choices for 2024
Make sure the plan you have from last year is still the one that makes sense for you.
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Open Season and tax savings
Spending a few hours reviewing your options for 2024, may save you a few hundred or even a few thousand dollars next year.
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TSP board OKs new international fund index, this time without China
A previous effort to move the I Fund to a broader benchmark index, which included investments in Chinese corporations, met opposition from the Trump administration and Republican lawmakers.
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Flexible Spending Account contribution limits to increase in 2024
FSAs can be an essential way to save money on health care costs.
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Veterans’ health care coverage expanded by the Biden administration
The VA will create new programs meant to make care more accessible.
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An Open Season checklist for active federal employees
Tips for saving money on health care and to help guide you through the process of choosing a plan in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
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Senate version of bill to standardize retiree COLAs emerges
The reintroduction of the Equal COLA Act by Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., comes just weeks after the 2024 cost of living adjustment announcement revived complaints about how the government calculates annual increases across retirement systems.
Workforce
VA attributes record-breaking year to massive increases in hiring
The department will now focus on retaining those employees through various incentives and process improvements, officials say.
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Medicare Part D is coming to an FEHB plan near you
The prescription drug benefit is being automatically added to many of the FEHB program options for the 2024 plan year.
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State and USAID employees abroad face an increased demand and an inadequate supply of mental health resources
The pandemic, war in Ukraine, and a general rise in demand for psychiatric services are some of the reasons the congressional watchdog cited for the strain on mental health resources.
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What federal annuitants need to know about Medicare Part D for 2024
This upcoming Open Season will be one of the most important in recent years for annuitants to evaluate their existing plan against those that offer Part D coverage.
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TSP: SECURE 2.0 Act contribution limit changes coming in 2026
The federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program will use the entire two-year “transition period” to implement new rules governing how older workers can make catch-up contributions as they approach retirement.
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Senate panel advances measures to overhaul federal workers’ death benefits, agency customer service
The money families of federal workers who die while on the job receive in gratuity and funerary benefits has not been updated since 1997.
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Time for the fall deadlines
A checklist to help you prioritize as you sort through your federal retirement and insurance benefits.
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Bill would significantly raise the on-duty death benefit for fed workers
A bipartisan group of lawmakers want to increase the amount tenfold.
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FEHB: Here’s what’s new for Open Season 2024
Expanded infertility coverage and increased premiums are among some of the changes federal employees can expect during Open Season this year.
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Lawmakers revive bill to let ex-temps make catch-up retirement contributions
Currently, Federal Employees Retirement System employees who began their careers as temporary or seasonal workers must work longer to receive their full retirement benefits.
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A closer look at 2024 Federal Employee Health Benefits premiums
Wondering how the increase might impact your FEHB plan choice? We’ll walk you through it.
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