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?
then pay a deductible, and then have standard fee-for-service or HMO coverage. In “high-deductible health plans,” enrollees have a tax-favored account—typically, a health savings account for those not eligible to draw Medicare benefits, and a health...
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
(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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
Additionally, we would be able to take advantage of the savings available to employers providing retiree health care benefits through coordination with the prescription drug benefits provided under Part D of Medicare. Our proposal will permit the Postal Service to realize the benefits of recent develop...
Medicare's eligibility age of 65 continues to provide a strong incentive for those without retiree health insurance to wait until then to retire, but it can also be an incentive to retire before the full retirement age. Meanwhile, federal tax policy creates incentives to retire earlier, albeit ...