Most FEHB health plans will see benefits and premium changes for the year 2025. OPM announced that the2025 FEHB premiums will increaseon average 13.50 percent during 2025 over what they were during 2024. This is the largest increase in recent years. Some plans are dropping out of the program ...
Some have been with the same plan much or even all of their careers and pay little attention during open season beyond a look at the new premium rates and at any major changes in coverage in their current plan. Traditionally, only about 5 percent of FEHB enrollees change plans in an open...
The annual letter begins the negotiation process between OPM and health insurance companies that ends with announcements of new plan rates and terms in the fall, with a late-year open season for eligible persons to elect coverage for the following year. While for decades that has meant only the...