Focus on Health Benefits - Federal Court Holds That the EEOC Cannot Reduce Retiree Health Benefits to Coordinate With Medicare EligibilitySusan Bernstein
The Office of Personnel Management offers several resources for federal employees and retirees regarding Medicare and how it works with the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program... Guide to Federal Retiree COLAs: What Are They and How Are They Calculated?
· In the PSHB, prescription drug coverage for retirees and their covered family members is integrated with Medicare Part D; in the FEHB, enrollment in Part D is voluntary and generally is declined on grounds that it mostly duplicates prescription drug benefits provided by FEHB plans at an addi...
The Department of Defense announces that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the DoD Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Board of Actuaries will take place. This meeting will be open to the public.Federal Register
Premiums are shared between the federal government and the employee or retiree. Benefits and cost sharing vary among FEHB plans, but all plans must cover basic services such as hospital and physician care and may require cost sharing in the form of deductibles, co-payments, or coinsurance. ...
(FERS), Strategies for Social Security, understanding the relationship between Medicare and federal health insurance and many more. As Senior Benefits Director at the National Institute for Transition Planning, Tammy Flanagan conducted thousands of live presentations and is available to provide benefits ...
Ask Kevin: Do federal retirees have to enroll in Medicare Part A? A retiree wonders what personal advantages there are to Part A coverage. Kevin Moss, a benefits pro, weighs in. 7 months ago Ask Kevin: Can I waive Part B coverage and retain Tricare for Life? Retired reserve members at...
Group health plans covering fewer than two current employees, including retiree-only plans, are exempt from all federal health insurance requirements. Health plans in their provision of excepted benefits (e.g., auto liability insurance, limited-scope dental and vision benefits, and specific disease ...
and a permanent and fundamental shift away from First-Class Mail. During the past five fiscal years, the Postal Service recorded cumulative losses of $25 billion. The requirement to prefund Retiree Health Benefits (RHB), mandated by thePostal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006(PAEA), ...
GAO's analysis indicates that retiree health insurance and pension plans are strongly associated with when workers retire. After controlling for other influences such as income, GAO found that those with retiree health insurance were substantially more likely to retire before the Medicare eligibility ...