Most of the time, self-plus-one is cheaper, but there are plans where you’ll save more enrolling as self & family.

Following is a “request for information” that OPM published in the5 Federal Register seeking input on changing available ...

Children who are covered under a parent’s FEHB or PSHB self and family or self plus one options can continue to be covered by it until age 26. That’s true ...

Logo for Federal Times' Benefits Expert column. The following is a question submitted by a Federal Times reader to columnist Kevin Moss, a senior editor at Consumers’ Checkbook and expert on federal ...

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Before Open Season begins on Nov. 13, it’s important to review what’s new in the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program. As in previous years, there are significant premium, benefit, and plan ...

That's where people get tripped up because no one wants to change their health plan. But sometimes that's a good time to take ...

Tucked away in Section 9 of every Federal Employee Health Benefits plan brochure is an important and sometimes overlooked provision: “If you are an annuitant or former spouse, you can suspend your ...

If a person gets federal employee health benefits (FEHB) as a retiree, they can choose whether to enroll in Medicare Part B. If they do, their FEHB premiums stay the same, but there may be some ...